Pride in the projects teens building identities in urban contexts
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 exper...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Qualitative studies in psychology.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798381006719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814720363 9780814785218 9788147203669 |
