Research Catalog

Title

Pride in the projects : teens building identities in urban contexts / Nancy L. Deutsch.

Author

Deutsch, Nancy L.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

viii, 279 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Qualitative studies in psychology

Subjects

• Urban youth > United States > Psychology > Case studies
• Identity (Psychology) in adolescence > United States > Case studies
• After-school programs > United States
• Interpersonal relations > United States > Case studies
• Youth with social disabilities > United States > Psychology > Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9780814719916 (cl : alk. paper)
• 0814719910 (cl : alk. paper)
• 9780814719923 (pb : alk. paper)
• 0814719929 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008004067

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library