| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) |
| Contents |
""Talking at Trena�s""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One: Trena's: A Study in Tavern Culture""; ""Chapter Two: Work and the Tavern""; ""Chapter Three: Television Interaction and Race""; ""Chapter Four: Talking About Race""; ""Chapter Five: Marriage, Women, and the Tavern""; ""Chapter Six: Sex Talk and Innuendo""; ""Chapter Seven: The Paradox""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" |
| Summary |
Talking at Trena's is an ethnography conducted in a bar in an African American, middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's southside. May's work focuses on how the mostly black, working- and middle-class patrons of Trena's talk about race, work, class, women, relationships, the media, and life in general. May recognizes tavern talk as a form of social play and symbolic performace within the tavern, as well as an indication of the social problems African Americans confront on a daily basis. Following a long tradition of research on informal gathering places, May's work reveals, though close description and analysis of ethnographic data, how African Americans come to understand the racial dynamics of American society which impact their jobs, entertainment-particularly television programs-and their social interactions with peers, employers, and others. Talking at Trena's provides a window into the laughs, complaints, experiences, and strategies which Trena's regulars share for managing daily life outside the safety and comfort of the tavern |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Attitudes
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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Middle class -- United States -- Attitudes
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Middle class -- United States -- Social life and customs
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Social interaction -- United States -- Case studies
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Racism -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- Case studies
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Illinois -- Chicago
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African Americans -- Attitudes.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Social life and customs.
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Bars (Drinking establishments)
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Middle class -- Attitudes.
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Middle class -- Social life and customs.
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Race relations.
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Racism -- Psychological aspects.
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Social interaction.
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Gaststätte
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United States -- Race relations -- Case studies
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations
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Illinois -- Chicago.
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United States.
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USA.
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Schwarze.
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Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001001495 |
| ISBN |
9780814739198 |
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0814739199 |
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