Honor and the American Dream - Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community

Sommario

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Culture and Inner-City Neighborhoods
3. Marginality and the American Dream
4. The Expanded Family and Family Honor
5. Young Men in the Streets: Honor and Reputation
6. Femininity and Womanhood: Virginity, Unwed
7. Education and School Authority
8. Earning a Living
9. Adult Juvenile Gang Membership
10. The Consequences of Being Different
11. Community Culture and Locally Rooted Identities
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

RUTH HOROWITZ is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Delaware.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ruth Horowitz
• Editore: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.1983
• EAN: 9780813509914
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-0991-4
• Pagine: 296
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 27 g
• Serie: Crime, Law, and Deviance Serie
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche