Description
Book SynopsisExplores the complex racial, class, and gender divides in contemporary American cities
Trade Review"This compelling book reveals a disturbing trend towards widening, racialized social class divisions among children growing up in U.S. cities. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork in affluent and impoverished areas of Oakland, Tilton maps varied forms of community mobilization around children and youth. Beautifully observed, astutely analyzed, and directly relevant to current debates about ways of restoring a sense of the public good in an era of privatization." -- Barrie Thorne,author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School
"Tilton has written a lively, compelling book that calls for a progressive politics of youth which also values human connections and interdependency. Richly rooted in the social geography of Oakland, the ethnography illuminates how youth and their parents struggle against the ways they are pathologized and feared. The book makes a critical contribution to urban studies, criminal justice and anthropological theory and practice." -- Brett Williams,professor of anthropology, American University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Who's Responsible for Kids? Chapter Back in the Day Disciplining Youth and Families in the Flatlands Chapter 2 Trying to Get up the Hill Dangerous Times: Reconstructing Childhood in a Volunteer StateChapter 3 Protecting Children in the Hills Youth in a "Private Estate" in the Oakland Hills Chapter 4 Cruising down the Boulevard Potential Thugs and Gangsters: Youth and the Spatial Politics of Urban DevelopmentChapter 5 What Is "the Power of the Youth"? Conclusion: Hope and Fear Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
