Drawing on personal encounters, traditions of urban ethnography, Black feminist thought, gender studies, and feminist criminology, Nikki Jones gives readers a richly descriptive and compassionate account of how African American girls negotiate schools and neighborhoods governed by the so-called "code of the street"ùthe form of street justice that governs violence in distressed urban areas. She reveals the multiple strategies they use to navigate interpersonal and gender-specific violence and how they reconcile the gendered dilemmas of their adolescence. Illuminating struggles for survival within this group, Between Good and Ghetto encourages others to move African American girls toward the center of discussions of "the crisis" in poor, urban neighborhoods.
| ISBN: | 9780813546155 |
| Publication date: | 14th October 2009 |
| Author: | Nikki Jones |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 228 pages |
| Series: | Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies |
| Genres: |
Violence and abuse in society Gender studies: women and girls Ethnic studies Urban communities Gender studies, gender groups Social and cultural history Crime and criminology |
With an outward gaze focused on a better future, 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 gives readers a richly descriptive and compassionate account of how African American girls negotiate schools and neighborhoods governed by the so-called "code of the street"ùthe form of street justice that governs violence in distressed urban areas.
Between Good and Ghetto features in the following genres: Violence and abuse in society, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethnic studies, Urban communities, Gender studies, gender groups, Social and cultural history, Crime and criminology
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Between Good and Ghetto was written by Nikki Jones and published by Rutgers University Press
Between Good and Ghetto has 228 pages
Yes it is part of Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies series