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Pride in the projects [[electronic resource] ] : teens building identities in urban contexts / / Nancy L. Deutsch



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Autore: Deutsch Nancy L Visualizza persona
Titolo: Pride in the projects [[electronic resource] ] : teens building identities in urban contexts / / Nancy L. Deutsch Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 155.5/1825
Soggetto topico: Identity (Psychology) in adolescence - United States
Urban youth - United States - Psychology
Youth with social disabilities - United States - Psychology
Interpersonal relations - United States
After-school programs - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.
Nota di contenuto: "There are birds in the projects": understanding the ecology of adolescent development in urban America -- "I give people a lot of respect": the self in interpersonal relationships -- "I never thought kids would look up to someone like me": Lorenzo's story -- "I can't act ghetto in the ghetto no more": self, society, and social categories -- "I've never seen any dark-skinned girls in videos": Nicole's story -- "I can't lose to no girl, man": the gendered self -- "Manly, take charge, the head man, the king": John's story -- "If I never came here I'd be irresponsible, like a little kid": after-school programs as sites of development and identity construction.
Sommario/riassunto: Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc
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ISBN: 0-8147-2036-6
0-8147-8521-2
81-472-0366-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451693203321
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Serie: Qualitative studies in psychology.