Title Pride in the Projects : Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts

Published New York : NYU Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) Series Qualitative Studies in Psychology Qualitative studies in psychology Contents Acknowledgments; "There Are Birds in the Projects": The Ecology of Adolescent Development in Urban America; "I Give People a Lot of Respect": The Self in Interpersonal Relationships; "I Never Thought Kids Would Look Up to Someone Like Me": Lorenzo's Story; "I Can't Act Ghetto in the Ghetto No More": Self, Society, and Social Categories; "I've Never Seen Any Dark-Skinned Girls in Videos": Nicole's Story; "I Can't Lose to No Girl, Man": The Gendered Self; "Manly, Take Charge, the Head Man, the King": John's Story "If I Never Came Here I'd Be Irresponsible, Like a Little Kid": After-School Programs as Sites of Development and Identity ConstructionAppendix A: Methods; Appendix B: The Contextual Identity Interview: Protocol for Interview 1; Appendix C: The Contextual Identity Interview: Protocol for Interview 2; Appendix D: Photography Project; Appendix E: Coding Guidelines for Individuated versus Connected Self-Descriptors; Notes; References; Index; About the Author Summary Teens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community. Based on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, Pride in the Projects examines the construction of identity as it oc Analysis Based Pride Projects adolescent both city construction context emphasizing examines field formed four identities identity inner-city large local members mid-western occurs organization relationships staff this which with within work years youth Notes Print version record Subject After-school programs -- United States Interpersonal relations -- United States -- Case studies Youth with social disabilities -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies Urban youth -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- United States -- Case studies After-school programs Identity (Psychology) in adolescence Interpersonal relations Urban youth -- Psychology Youth with social disabilities -- Psychology United States Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814785218 0814785212

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