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Living the Drama
David J. Harding
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Description for Living the Drama
Paperback. Looks at three neighborhoods in Boston to analyze the many complex ways that the context of community shapes the daily lives and long-term prospects of inner-city boys. Offering a glimpse into the world of urban adolescent boys, this title paints an insightful portrait of life in the inner city. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSG; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on. "Living the Drama" takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to analyze the many complex ways that the context of community shapes the daily lives and long-term prospects of inner-city boys. David J. Harding studied sixty adolescent boys growing up in two very poor areas and one working-class area. In the first two, violence and neighborhood identification are inextricably linked, as rivalries divide the ... Read more
For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on. "Living the Drama" takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to analyze the many complex ways that the context of community shapes the daily lives and long-term prospects of inner-city boys. David J. Harding studied sixty adolescent boys growing up in two very poor areas and one working-class area. In the first two, violence and neighborhood identification are inextricably linked, as rivalries divide the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226316659
SKU
V9780226316659
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About David J. Harding
David J. Harding is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and assistant research scientist at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.
Reviews for Living the Drama
"Living the Drama tackles a substantive topic, engages in key theoretical debates, employs a distinctive comparative approach, gives ample voice to its subjects, and enriches our knowledge of poor youth." - Claude S. Fischer, University of California, Berkeley"