Pride in the projects : teens building identities in urban contexts

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deutsch, Nancy L. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press c2008.
New York, NY : [2008]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Qualitative studies in psychology.
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence > United States > Case studies.
Urban youth > United States > Psychology > Case studies.
Youth with social disabilities > United States > Psychology > Case studies.
Interpersonal relations > United States > Case studies.
After-school programs > United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798381006719
Table of Contents:
  • "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.

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