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Author Dimitriadis, Greg, 1969-

Title Friendship, cliques, and gangs : young black men coming of age in urban America / Greg Dimitriadis.

Imprint New York : Teachers College Press, ©2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.235 D582F    Check Shelf
Description x, 117 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.
Contents Engaging the Complex Lives of Contemporary Youth -- Traditional Views of Adolescence and "At-Risk" Youth -- Rearticulating the Researcher/Researched Divide -- Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Social Support in the Lives of Young Black Men -- Black Men and Friendship -- Locating "Hub City" -- Rufus -- Tony -- The Clique -- Final Thoughts: Beyond "Good" versus "Bad" Youth -- Thinking Beyond Traditional Schooling: The Case of Community-Based Organizations -- Scenes from a Community Center -- The Club: Potential and Possibility -- Bumps in the Road -- In the "In-Between": Role Modeling in Urban America Today -- Old Heads -- Authority and Discipline -- Johnny -- Football -- Two Key Community-Based Programs -- Struggling Towards Success: Today and Tomorrow -- 1998-1999: Struggle and Transition -- Becoming Men -- Tony and Rufus's Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future -- The Risks and Rewards of Meeting Young People in the In-Between: Final Thoughts -- Qualitative Inquiry and the Complexities of Researcher-Researched Relations: A Methodological Appendix.
Subject African American youth.
African American youth -- Social conditions.
Jugend (DE-588)4028859-6
Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6
Schwarze.
United States.
African American youth. (OCoLC)fst00799541
ISBN 0807743852 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780807743850 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0807743860 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780807743867 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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