ISBN:
0813343585
,
9780813343587
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 537 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
3rd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Ain't No Makin' It : Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
DDC:
305.5/690973
Keywords:
Social mobility Case studies
;
Youth with social disabilities Case studies
;
Equality Case studies
;
Urban poor Case studies
Abstract:
Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography-a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project-now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new interviews and analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
Social immobility in the land of opportunitySocial reproduction in theoretical perspective -- Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers -- The influence of the family -- The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers -- School : preparing for the competition -- Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll -- Reproduction theory reconsidered -- The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair -- The Brothers : dreams deferred -- Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e) -- The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down -- The Brothers : finally finding a foothold -- Reproduction, redemption, and respect.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-519) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
