Rooted in kin -- Descendants of a first choice school -- Educated at the last chance school -- Reproducing misfortune through mess -- Resistance and spirituality -- Not just down yonder.
Summary
Howell moves away from why black youth are 'problematic' to explore what their daily lives actually entail. She looks at the small community of Hamilton, Alabama, to investigate what it is like for a young black person to grow up in the contemporary rural South. What she finds is that they are neither idly passing their time in a stereotypically languid setting, nor are they being corrupted by hip hop culture and the perils of the urban North, as many pundits suggest. Rather, they are dynamic and diverse young people making their way through the structures that define the 21st century South.
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