The Grind
Black Women and Survival in the Inner City
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2018
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-8505-5 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-8505-5 (ISBN)
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.
Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of women living in the inner city and the innovative strategies they develop to navigate daily life in this setting. The Grind 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.
Alexis S. McCurn draws on nearly two years of naturalistic field research among adolescents and adults in Oakland, California to provide an ethnographic account of how black women accomplish the routine tasks necessary for basic survival in poor inner-city neighborhoods and how the intersections of race, gender, and class shape how black women interact with others in public. This book makes the case that the daily consequences of racialized poverty in the lives of African Americans cannot be fully understood without accounting for the personal and collective experiences of poor black women.
Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of women living in the inner city and the innovative strategies they develop to navigate daily life in this setting. The Grind 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.
Alexis S. McCurn draws on nearly two years of naturalistic field research among adolescents and adults in Oakland, California to provide an ethnographic account of how black women accomplish the routine tasks necessary for basic survival in poor inner-city neighborhoods and how the intersections of race, gender, and class shape how black women interact with others in public. This book makes the case that the daily consequences of racialized poverty in the lives of African Americans cannot be fully understood without accounting for the personal and collective experiences of poor black women.
ALEXIS S. McCURN is an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 25 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8135-8505-8 / 0813585058 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-8505-5 / 9780813585055 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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