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Ain't no makin' it : aspirations and attainment in a low-income neighborhood

Author: Jay MacLeod
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The author immersed himself in the teenage underworld of Clarendon Heights. The Hallway Hangers, one of the neighborhood cliques, appear as cynical self-destructive hoodlums. The other group, the Brothers, take the American Dream to heart and aspire to middle-class respectability. The twist is that the Hallway Hangers are mostly white; the Brothers are almost all black. Comparing the two groups, MacLeod provides a
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Genre/Form: Case studies
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MacLeod, Jay.
Ain't no makin' it.
Boulder : Westview Press, 1995
(OCoLC)664546669
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jay MacLeod
ISBN: 081331514X 9780813315140 0813315158 9780813315157
OCLC Number: 32014525
Description: xii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. 1. The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as Teenagers. 1. Social Immobility in the Land of Opportunity. 2. Social Reproduction in Theoretical Perspective. 3. Teenagers in Clarendon Heights: The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers. 4. The Influence of the Family. 5. The World of Work: Aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers. 6. School: Preparing for the Competition. 7. Leveled Aspirations: Social Reproduction Takes Its Toll. 8. Reproduction Theory Reconsidered --
Pt. 2. Eight Years Later: Low Income, Low Outcome. 9. The Hallway Hangers: Dealing in Despair. 10. The Brothers: Dreams Deferred. 11. Conclusion: Outclassed and Outcast(e) --
Appendix: On the Making of Ain't No Makin' It --
Fieldwork: Doubts, Dilemmas, and Discoveries --
Second Harvest: Notes on the 1991 Field Experience.
Other Titles: Ain't no making it
Responsibility: Jay MacLeod.
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The author immersed himself in the teenage underworld of Clarendon Heights. The Hallway Hangers, one of the neighborhood cliques, appear as cynical self-destructive hoodlums. The other group, the Brothers, take the American Dream to heart and aspire to middle-class respectability. The twist is that the Hallway Hangers are mostly white; the Brothers are almost all black. Comparing the two groups, MacLeod provides a provocative account of how poverty is perpetuated from one generation to the next.

This edition retains the vivid accounts of friendships, families, school, and work that made the first edition so popular. The ethnography resonates with feeling and vivid dialogue. But the book also addressed one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy: how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. MacLeod links individual lives with social theory to forge a powerful argument about how inequality is created, sustained, and accepted in the United States.

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