Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City - Couverture souple

Anderson, Elijah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393320782 ISBN 13 : 9780393320787

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2000

Synopsis

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules--based largely on an individual's ability to command respect--is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette, governing the way in which people learn to negotiate public spaces. Elijah Anderson's incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elijah Anderson is Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University. His most prominent works include the award-winning books Code of the Street and Streetwise. He lives in New Haven and Philadelphia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393320782
• ISBN 13: 9780393320787
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible