Coming Of Age In America
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Coming Of Age In America
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Author : Mary C. Waters
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2011-09-20
Coming Of Age In America written by Mary C. Waters and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-20 with Social Science categories.
"Much hand-wringing has occurred over the so-called failure of young people to grow up today. This volume persuasively shows the range of forces that shape the protracted transition to adulthood. An excellent and enjoyable read." --Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. "The essays in this volume are written with great verve and intelligence, grounded in extensive fieldwork and careful data analysis." --Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociology in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Coming Of Age In The Other America
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Author : Stefanie DeLuca
language : en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Coming Of Age In The Other America written by Stefanie DeLuca and has been published by Russell Sage Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with Social Science categories.
Recent research on inequality and poverty has shown that those born into low-income families, especially African Americans, still have difficulty entering the middle class, in part because of the disadvantages they experience living in more dangerous neighborhoods, going to inferior public schools, and persistent racial inequality. Coming of Age in the Other America shows that despite overwhelming odds, some disadvantaged urban youth do achieve upward mobility. Drawing from ten years of fieldwork with parents and children who resided in Baltimore public housing, sociologists Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin highlight the remarkable resiliency of some of the youth who hailed from the nation’s poorest neighborhoods and show how the right public policies might help break the cycle of disadvantage. Coming of Age in the Other America illuminates the profound effects of neighborhoods on impoverished families. The authors conducted in-depth interviews and fieldwork with 150 young adults, and found that those who had been able to move to better neighborhoods—either as part of the Moving to Opportunity program or by other means—achieved much higher rates of high school completion and college enrollment than their parents. About half the youth surveyed reported being motivated by an “identity project”—or a strong passion such as music, art, or a dream job—to finish school and build a career. Yet the authors also found troubling evidence that some of the most promising young adults often fell short of their goals and remained mired in poverty. Factors such as neighborhood violence and family trauma put these youth on expedited paths to adulthood, forcing them to shorten or end their schooling and find jobs much earlier than their middle-class counterparts. Weak labor markets and subpar postsecondary educational institutions, including exploitative for-profit trade schools and under-funded community colleges, saddle some young adults with debt and trap them in low-wage jobs. A third of the youth surveyed—particularly those who had not developed identity projects—were neither employed nor in school. To address these barriers to success, the authors recommend initiatives that help transform poor neighborhoods and provide institutional support for the identity projects that motivate youth to stay in school. They propose increased regulation of for-profit schools and increased college resources for low-income high school students. Coming of Age in the Other America presents a sensitive, nuanced account of how a generation of ambitious but underprivileged young Baltimoreans has struggled to succeed. It both challenges long-held myths about inner-city youth and shows how the process of “social reproduction”—where children end up stuck in the same place as their parents—is far from inevitable.
Coming Of Age In America
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Author : Mary Frosch
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2007-09
Coming Of Age In America written by Mary Frosch and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09 with Adolescence categories.
A collection of short stories and novel excerpts by noted minority authors explore the triumphs and tribulations of adolescence.
Coming Of Age In America
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Author : Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Coming Of Age In America written by Edgar Zodiag Friedenberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Adolescence categories.
Coming Of Age In The 21st Century
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Author : Mary Frosch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Coming Of Age In The 21st Century written by Mary Frosch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Family & Relationships categories.
Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Coming of Age in America and Coming of Age Around the World, this new anthology of fiction and memoir explores coming of age in the new millennium. Twenty-one stories by noted authors including Sherman Alexie, Mary F. Chen, Junot Diaz, Louise Erdrich, Seth Kantner, and ZZ Packer explore the trials and tribulations of growing up in our increasingly fragmented world. Issues of identity, sexuality, solitude, and conflict are beautifully presented through the voices of writers of all ages and ethnicities, from Lan Samantha Chang tackling absent or dead parents in “The Eve of the Spirit Festival” to Emily Rabateau addressing race in “Mrs. Turner’s Lawn Jockeys.” With a preface and introductions to each piece by Mary Frosch providing cultural context, this collection is a stunning literary tribute to a new generation of global citizens that provides a distinctively American sense of hope.
Coming Of Age In Contemporary American Fiction
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Author : Kenneth Millard
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2007-04-18
Coming Of Age In Contemporary American Fiction written by Kenneth Millard and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel, or the Bildungsroman. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood, often presented through depictions of immediate family relationships and other social structures. This book considers a variety of different American cultures (in terms of race, class and gender) and a range of contemporary coming-of-age novels, so that aesthetic judgements about the fiction might be made in the context of the social history that fiction represents. A series of questions are asked:* Does the coming-of-age moment in these novels coincide with an interpretation of the 'fall' of America?* What kind of national commentary does it therefore facilitate?* Is the Bildungsroman a quintessentially American genre?* What can it usefully tell us about contemporary American culture? Although the focus is on the conte
Emerging Adults In America
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Author : Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
language : en
Publisher: Decade of Behavior
Release Date : 2006
Emerging Adults In America written by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and has been published by Decade of Behavior this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Family & Relationships categories.
This book portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood.
America S Coming Of Age
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Author : Van Wyck Brooks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
America S Coming Of Age written by Van Wyck Brooks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with American literature categories.
The Material Child
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Author : Merry White
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-09-29
The Material Child written by Merry White and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-29 with Social Science categories.
As she describes the youth culture of Japan, Merry White draws comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. The result is both engrossing and enlightening.
Late Bloomers
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Author : David Lipsky
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 1994
Late Bloomers written by David Lipsky and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Political Science categories.
The authors--both in their twenties--have written the first serious and searching look at the economic, social, and political forces of the last 30 years that will shape the futures of younger Americans. Based on detailed statistical research, and in a constructive, non-confrontational manner, Abrams and Lipsky show how today's twenty-somethings can make positive plans for the future.