{"product_id":"pride-in-the-projects-nancy-l-deutsch-9780814719916","title":"Pride in the Projects: Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeens in America's inner cities grow up and construct identities amidst a landscape of relationships and violence, support and discrimination, games and gangs. In such contexts, local environments such as after-school programs may help youth to mediate between social stereotypes and daily experience, or provide space for them to consider themselves as contributing members of a community.\u003cbr\u003eBased on four years of field work with both the adolescent members and staff of an inner-city youth organization in a large Midwestern city, \u003cb\u003ePride in the Projects\u003c\/b\u003e examines the construction of identity as it occurs within this local context, emphasizing the relationships within which identities are formed. Drawing on research in psychology, sociology, education, and race and gender studies, the volume highlights the inadequacies in current identity development theories, expanding our understanding of the lives of urban teens and the ways in which interpersonal connections serve as powerful contexts for self-construction. The adolescents' stories illuminate how they find ways to discover who they are, and who they would like to be -- in positive and healthy ways -- in the face of very real obstacles. The book closes with implications for practice, alerting scholars, educators, practitioners, and concerned citizens of the positive developmental possibilities inherent in youth settings when we pay attention to the voices of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy L. Deutsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814719910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814719916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.37w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2008 pg. 372","brand":"Nancy L. Deutsch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086916038911,"sku":"9780814719916","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87d38bae-9a30-40cf-93c0-ca09c58f4a06.jpg?v=1769097301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pride-in-the-projects-nancy-l-deutsch-9780814719916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}