Keywords:
Adolescence -- United States
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Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies
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Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
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Urban youth -- United States -- Case studies
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Urban youth -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists typically have shown little interest in urban youth, preferring instead to generalize about adolescent development from studies of their middle-class, suburban counterparts. In Everyday Courage Niobe Way, a developmental psychologis
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p.)
ISBN:
9780814793206
Series Statement:
Qualitative Studies in Psychology
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=865958
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=865958
DDC:
305.2350973
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Interpreting Narratives; 2. A Study of Urban Youth; Individual Lives - Part I; 3. Malcolm's Story; 4. Voice and Silence; 5. Desire and Betrayal in Friendships; 6. "I Never Put Anyone in Front of My Mother"; 7. Maintaining a "Positive Attitude"/ Fearing Death; 8. "Slacking Up" in School; 9. Racism, Sexism, and Difference; Individual Lives - Part II; 10. Eva's Story; Epilogue; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; References; Index
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