Pride in the projects
Subtitle: teens building identities in urban contexts
By: Nancy L. Deutsch.
Series: Qualitative studies in psychology
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780814719916; 9780814719923
Subjects: Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- United States -- Case studies.; Urban youth -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.; Youth with social disabilities -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.; Interpersonal relations -- United States -- Case studies.; After-school programs -- United States.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-270) and index.
Table of contents: value: "There are birds in the projects": understanding the ecology of adolescent development in urban America; value: "I give people a lot of respect": the self in interpersonal relationships; value: "I never thought kids would look up to someone like me": Lorenzo's story; value: "I can't act ghetto in the ghetto no more": self, society, and social categories; value: "I've never seen any dark-skinned girls in videos": Nicole's story; value: "I can't lose to no girl, man": the gendered self; value: "Manly, take charge, the head man, the king": John's story; value: "If I never came here I'd be irresponsible, like a little kid": after-school programs as sites of development and identity construction.