Pride in the Projects: Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts - Couverture souple

Deutsch, Nancy L.

 
9780814719923: Pride in the Projects: Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0814719929 ISBN 13 : 9780814719923
Editeur : New York University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 occurs within this local context, emphasizing the relationships within which identities are formed. Drawing on research in psychology, sociology, education, and race and gender studies, the volume highlights the inadequacies in current identity development theories, expanding our understanding of the lives of urban teens and the ways in which interpersonal connections serve as powerful contexts for self-construction. The adolescents' stories illuminate how they find ways to discover who they are, and who they would like to be -- in positive and healthy ways -- in the face of very real obstacles. The book closes with implications for practice, alerting scholars, educators, practitioners, and concerned citizens of the positive developmental possibilities inherent in youth settings when we pay attention to the voices of youth.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy L. Deutsch is Assistant Professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814719929
ISBN 13 
9780814719923
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780814719916: Pride in the Projects: Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0814719910 ISBN 13 :  9780814719916
Editeur : New York University Press, 2008
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