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The Resource Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers, Niobe Way
Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers, Niobe Way
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The item Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers, Niobe Way represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists typically have shown little interest in urban youth, preferring instead to generalize about adolescent development from studies of their middle-class, suburban counterparts. In Everyday Courage Niobe Way, a developmental psychologis
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Contents
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- Interpreting narratives
- A study of urban youth
- Malcolm's story
- Voice and silence
- Desire and betrayal in friendships
- "I never put anyone in front of my mother"
- Maintaining a "positive attitude"/fearing death
- "Slacking up" in school
- Racism, sexism, and difference
- Eva's story
- Isbn
- 9780814784891
- Label
- Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers
- Title
- Everyday courage
- Title remainder
- the lives and stories of urban teenagers
- Statement of responsibility
- Niobe Way
- Subject
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- Adolescence -- United States
- Electronic resources
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Social Science
- Teenagers with social disabilities
- Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies
- Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- United States
- Urban youth
- Urban youth -- United States -- Case studies
- Urban youth -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- Adolescence
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists typically have shown little interest in urban youth, preferring instead to generalize about adolescent development from studies of their middle-class, suburban counterparts. In Everyday Courage Niobe Way, a developmental psychologis
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Way, Niobe
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ796 .W325 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- JSTOR Open Access
- Series statement
- Qualitative Studies in Psychology
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Adolescence
- Teenagers with social disabilities
- Teenagers with social disabilities
- Urban youth
- Urban youth
- Social Science
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Adolescence
- Teenagers with social disabilities
- Urban youth
- United States
- Label
- Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers, Niobe Way
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Interpreting narratives -- A study of urban youth -- Malcolm's story -- Voice and silence -- Desire and betrayal in friendships -- "I never put anyone in front of my mother" -- Maintaining a "positive attitude"/fearing death -- "Slacking up" in school -- Racism, sexism, and difference -- Eva's story
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814784891
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctt8jx6hv
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)782878072
- (OCoLC)ocn782878072
- Label
- Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers, Niobe Way
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Interpreting narratives -- A study of urban youth -- Malcolm's story -- Voice and silence -- Desire and betrayal in friendships -- "I never put anyone in front of my mother" -- Maintaining a "positive attitude"/fearing death -- "Slacking up" in school -- Racism, sexism, and difference -- Eva's story
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780814784891
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 22573/ctt8jx6hv
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)782878072
- (OCoLC)ocn782878072
Subject
- Adolescence -- United States
- Electronic resources
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Social Science
- Teenagers with social disabilities
- Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Case studies
- Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- United States
- Urban youth
- Urban youth -- United States -- Case studies
- Urban youth -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
- Adolescence
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