Alexis S. McCurn

The Grind: Black Women and Survival in the Inner City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrates the lived experiences of poor African American women and the creative strategies they develop to manage these events and survive in a community commonly exposed to violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780813585055
• ISBN-10: 0813585058
• Artikelnr.: 51520461

Autorenporträt

McCurn, Alexis S

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
1 "Grinding": Living and Working in East Oakland        22
2 "It Happens All the Time": Day-to-day Experiences with Microinteractional
Assaults 55
3 "I Am Not a Prostitute": How Young Black Women Challenge Sexual
Harassment on the Street 86
4 "Keeping It Fresh": Self-Representation and Challenging Controlling
Images in the Inner City 122
Conclusion 153
Appendix: Field Research Methods in Urban Public Space 159
Acknowledgments 169
Notes 173
References 175
Index