Everyday Courage [[electronic resource] ] : The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers
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| Autore: |
Way Niobe
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| Titolo: |
Everyday Courage [[electronic resource] ] : The Lives and Stories of Urban Teenagers
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : NYU Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.235/0973/091732 |
| 305.2350973091732 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Adolescence -- United States |
| Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies | |
| Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Longitudinal studies | |
| Urban youth -- United States -- Case studies | |
| Urban youth -- United States -- Longitudinal studies | |
| Urban youth - United States | |
| Teenagers with social disabilities - United States | |
| Adolescence - United States | |
| Child & Youth Development | |
| Social Welfare & Social Work | |
| Social Sciences | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Interpreting Narratives; 2. A Study of Urban Youth; Individual Lives - Part I; 3. Malcolm's Story; 4. Voice and Silence; 5. Desire and Betrayal in Friendships; 6. "I Never Put Anyone in Front of My Mother"; 7. Maintaining a "Positive Attitude"/ Fearing Death; 8. "Slacking Up" in School; 9. Racism, Sexism, and Difference; Individual Lives - Part II; 10. Eva's Story; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists typically have shown little interest in urban youth, preferring instead to generalize about adolescent development from studies of their middle-class, suburban counterparts. In Everyday Courage Niobe Way, a developmental psychologis |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Everyday Courage |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-8489-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996588068403316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Qualitative Studies in Psychology