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Title Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city / edited by Javier Auyero ; with an afterword by Loïc Wacquant.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  976.4 IN8    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction : know them well /Javier Auyero -- Austin, Texas, in sociohistorical context / Maggie Tate -- Santos : the gold hunter / Jacinto Cuvi -- Clarissa : "a woman who fell on hard times" / Kristine Kilanski -- Inés : discipline, surveillance, and mothering in the margins / Jessica Dunning-Lozano -- Chip : the cost(s) of chasing the American dream / Eric Enrique Borja -- Raven : "the difference between a cocktail waitress and a stripper ? Two weeks" / Caitlyn Collins -- Kumar : driving in the nighttime / Katherine Jensen -- Ethan : a product of the service industry / Katherine Sobering -- Keith : a musician at the margins / Amias Maldonado -- Xiomara : working toward home / Jennifer Scott -- Ella : fighting to save a few / Pamela Neumann -- Manuel : the luxury of defending yourself / Marcos Pérez -- Afterword : plumbing the social underbelly of the dual city / Loïc Wacquant.
Subject Marginality, Social -- Texas -- Austin.
Local Subject Poor people -- Texas -- Austin.
Subject Austin (Tex.) -- Economic conditions.
Austin (Tex.) -- Social conditions.
Minorities -- Texas -- Austin.
Minorities. (OCoLC)fst01023088
Texas -- Austin. (OCoLC)fst01204313
Marginality, Social. (OCoLC)fst01009156
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Poor -- Texas -- Austin.
Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Added Author Auyero, Javier, editor.
ISBN 9781477303641 (cloth: alkaline paper)
1477303642 (cloth: alkaline paper)
9781477303658 (paperback : alkaline paper)
1477303650 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9781477303665 (library e-book)
9781477303672 (non-library e-book)
Sudoc No. Z UA380.8 IN899 txdocs
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