Dangerous Or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America

Dangerous Or Endangered?: Race and the Politics of Youth in Urban America
ISBN-10
0814783120
ISBN-13
9780814783122
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2010-10-03
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Jennifer Tilton

Description

"Tilton draws on three years of ethnographic research in Oakland, California, one of the nation's most racially diverse cities, to examine how debates over the nature and needs of young people have fundamentally reshaped politics, transforming ideas of citizenship and the state in contemporary America. As parents and neighborhood activists have worked to save and discipline young people, they have often inadvertently reinforced privatized models of childhood and urban space, clearing the streets of children, who are encouraged to stay at home or in supervised after-school programs. Youth activists protest these attempts, demanding a right to the city and expanded rights of citizenship."--Publisher.

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