Between Good and Ghetto

Informationen zum Autor Nikki Jones is an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Klappentext 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 provides a richly descriptive and compassionate account. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 The Social World of Inner City Girls 2 "It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live" 3 "Ain't I A Violent Person?" 4 "Love Make You Fight Crazy" Conclusion: The Other Side of the Crisis Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Autorentext

Nikki Jones

Klappentext

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 provides a richly descriptive and compassionate account.

Inhalt

Introduction
1 The Social World of Inner City Girls
2 "It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live"
3 "Ain't I A Violent Person?"
4 "Love Make You Fight Crazy"
Conclusion: The Other Side of the Crisis
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index