{"product_id":"the-minds-of-marginalized-black-men-9780691127002","title":"The Minds of Marginalized Black Men","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. This book documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life - and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. It reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book that has stayed with me. It profoundly enriches the reader's understanding of the world inhabited by marginalized black men. Al Young succeeds in moving well beyond common assumptions about the underclass and the often-decried 'culture of poverty' argument to discover how young poor black men understand their social position, the determinants of social mobility (and immobility), and their relationship with the American dream.\"\u003cb\u003e—Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dignity of Working Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are few studies written with such power of voice and ethnographic and theoretical verisimilitude. Young has captured the essence of these men. His elegant and erudite book will add immeasurably to the debate on urban poverty, race, representation, and the ethnography of so-called hard-to-reach populations.\"\u003cb\u003e—Terry Williams, The New School\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Preface xiii   PART ONE: LOGICS  Introduction  Making New Sense of Poor Black Men in Crisis 3  Chapter One  The Past and Future of the Cultural Analysis of Black Men 16   PART TWO: LIFEWORLDS  Chapter Two  Time, Space, and Everyday Living 37  Chapter Three  Coming Up Poor 65   PART THREE: WORLDVIEWS  Chapter Four  Framing Social Reality: Stratification and Inequality 107  Chapter Five  Framing Individual Mobility and Attainment 137  Chapter Six  Looking Up from Below: Framing Personal Reality 156  Chapter Seven  Getting There: Navigating Personal Mobility 180  Chapter Eight  Recasting the Crisis of Poor Black Men 199   Appendix 207  Notes 211  References 247  Index 263","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526156001623,"sku":"9780691127002","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691127002.jpg?v=1731863162","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-minds-of-marginalized-black-men-9780691127002","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}