Everyday courage the lives and stories of urban teenagers
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press
©1998, 1998
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| Series: | Qualitative Studies in Psychology
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 320 pages |
| ISBN: | 0814793207 9780814793398 9780814793206 |