Between Good and Ghetto - African American Girls and Inner-City Violence

Informationen zum Autor Nikki Jones Klappentext Between Good and Ghetto reflects the social world of inner city African American girls and how they manage threats of personal violence. Drawing on personal encounters, traditions of urban ethnography, Black feminist thought, gender studies, and feminist criminology, Nikki Jones provides a richly descriptive and compassionate account. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 The Social World of Inner City Girls 2 "It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live" 3 "Ain't I A Violent Person?" 4 "Love Make You Fight Crazy" Conclusion: The Other Side of the Crisis Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Nikki Jones
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2009
• EAN: 9780813546155
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-4615-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Series in Childhood St; Rutgers Childhood Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories