Invisible in Austin
Subtitle: life and labor in an American city
By: edited by Javier Auyero ; with an afterword by Loïc Wacquant
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781477303641; 9781477303658; 9781477303665; 9781477303672
Subjects: Social Marginality; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Poor; Minorities
Description: Austin, Texas, is renowned as a high-tech, fast-growing city for the young and creative, a cool place to live, and the scene of internationally famous events such as SXSW and Formula 1. But as in many American cities, poverty and penury are booming along with wealth and material abundance in contemporary Austin. Rich and poor residents lead increasingly separate lives as growing socioeconomic inequality underscores residential, class, racial, and ethnic segregation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : know them well /Javier Auyero; title: Austin, Texas, in sociohistorical context / Maggie Tate; title: Santos : the gold hunter / Jacinto Cuvi; title: Clarissa : "a woman who fell on hard times" / Kristine Kilanski; title: Inés : discipline, surveillance, and mothering in the margins / Jessica Dunning-Lozano; title: Chip : the cost(s) of chasing the American dream / Eric Enrique Borja; title: Raven : "the difference between a cocktail waitress and a stripper ? Two weeks" / Caitlyn Collins; title: Kumar : driving in the nighttime / Katherine Jensen; title: Ethan : a product of the service industry / Katherine Sobering; title: Keith : a musician at the margins / Amias Maldonado; title: Xiomara : working toward home / Jennifer Scott; title: Ella : fighting to save a few / Pamela Neumann; title: Manuel : the luxury of defending yourself / Marcos Pérez; title: Afterword : plumbing the social underbelly of the dual city / Loïc Wacquant.