| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Note |
Originally published: 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving beyond stereotypes, this book examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. It documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life--and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. In its pages, we meet men who think seriously about work, family, and community and whose differing experiences shape their views of their social world. Based on intensive interviews, the book reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans--differences that ground their understandings of how racism and socioeconomic inequality determine their life chances. The poorest and most socially isolated are, perhaps surprisingly, most likely to believe that individuals can improve their own lot. By contrast, men who regularly leave their neighborhood tend to have a wider range of opportunities but also have met with more racism, hostility, and institutional obstacles--making them less likely to believe in the American Dream. Demonstrating how these men interpret their social world, this book seeks to de-pathologize them without ignoring their experiences with chronic unemployment, prison, and substance abuse. It shows how the men draw upon such experiences as they make meaning of the complex circumstances in which they strive to succeed. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Logics -- pt. 2. Lifeworlds -- pt. 3. Worldviews. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poor men -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
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Poor men. |
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Case studies.
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African American men -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Attitudes -- Case studies.
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African American men. |
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Social mobility -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Social mobility. |
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United States. |
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Public opinion. |
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Equality -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Equality. |
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Social stratification -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Social stratification. |
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Social perception -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
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Social perception. |
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Public opinion -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations -- Public opinion.
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Race relations. |
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Young, Alford A. Minds of marginalized Black men. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2006 069112700X (OCoLC)62760998 |
| ISBN |
9781400841479 (electronic book) |
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140084147X (electronic book) |
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069112700X |
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9780691127002 |
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