LEADER 05108nam 22007334a 450 001 9910454569403321 005 20220208005441.0 010 $a0-520-92173-9 010 $a1-59734-660-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520921733 035 $a(CKB)111056485638798 035 $a(EBL)223254 035 $a(OCoLC)475927457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165103 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10161492 035 $a(PQKB)10769335 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223254 035 $a(DE-B1597)520548 035 $a(OCoLC)1114790403 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520921733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223254 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10051524 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485638798 100 $a20000215d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHonky$b[electronic resource] /$fDalton Conley 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-21586-9 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPrologue --$tOne. Black Babies --$tTwo. Trajectories --$tThree. Downward Mobility --$tFour. Race Lessons --$tFive. Fear --$tSix. Learning Class --$tSeven. The Hawk --$tEight. Getting Paid --$tNine. Sesame Street --$tTen. Welcome to America --$tEleven. No Soap Radio --$tTwelve. Moving On Up --$tThirteen. Disco Sucks --$tFourteen. Addictions --$tFifteen. Symmetry --$tSixteen. Fire --$tSeventeen. Cultural Capital --$tEpilogue --$tAuthor's Note 330 $aThis intensely personal and engaging memoir is the coming-of-age story of a white boy growing up in a neighborhood of predominantly African American and Latino housing projects on New York's Lower East Side. Vividly evoking the details of city life from a child's point of view-the streets, buses, and playgrounds-Honky poignantly illuminates the usual vulnerabilities of childhood complicated by unusual circumstances. As he narrates these sharply etched and often funny memories, Conley shows how race and class shaped his life and the lives of his schoolmates and neighbors. A brilliant case study for illuminating the larger issues of inequality in American society, Honky brings us to a deeper understanding of the privilege of whiteness, the social construction of race, the power of education, and the challenges of inner-city life. Conley's father, a struggling artist, and his mother, an aspiring writer, joined Manhattan's bohemian subculture in the late 1960's, living on food stamps and raising their family in a housing project. We come to know his mother: her quirky tastes, her robust style, and the bargains she strikes with Dalton-not to ride on the backs of buses, and to always carry money in his shoe as protection against muggers. We also get to know his father, his face buried in racing forms, and his sister, who in grade school has a burning desire for cornrows. From the hilarious story of three-year-old Dalton kidnapping a black infant so he could have a baby sister to the deeply disturbing shooting of a close childhood friend, this memoir touches us with movingly rendered portraits of people and the unfolding of their lives. Conley's story provides a sophisticated example of the crucial role culture plays in defining race and class. Both of Conley's parents retained the "cultural capital" of the white middle class, and they passed this on to their son in the form of tastes, educational expectations, and a general sense of privilege. It is these advantages that ultimately provide Conley with his ticket to higher education and beyond. A tremendously good read, Honky addresses issues both timely and timeless that pertain to us all. 606 $aChildren, White$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aWhite people$zNew York (State)$zNew York$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American children$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions 606 $aHispanic American children$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocial conditions 606 $aRace awareness in children$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aSocial classes$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aLower East Side (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren, White$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity 615 0$aWhite people 615 0$aAfrican American children$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aHispanic American children$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aRace awareness in children 615 0$aSocial classes$xHistory 676 $a305.23/09747 700 $aConley$b Dalton$f1969-$0911657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454569403321 996 $aHonky$92467504 997 $aUNINA