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Book Synopsis Coming of Age in the Other America by : Stefanie DeLuca
Download or read book Coming of Age in the Other America written by Stefanie DeLuca and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research on inequality and poverty has shown that those born into low-income families, especially African Americans, still have difficulty entering the middle class, in part because of the disadvantages they experience living in more dangerous neighborhoods, going to inferior public schools, and persistent racial inequality. Coming of Age in the Other America shows that despite overwhelming odds, some disadvantaged urban youth do achieve upward mobility. Drawing from ten years of fieldwork with parents and children who resided in Baltimore public housing, sociologists Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin highlight the remarkable resiliency of some of the youth who hailed from the nation’s poorest neighborhoods and show how the right public policies might help break the cycle of disadvantage. Coming of Age in the Other America illuminates the profound effects of neighborhoods on impoverished families. The authors conducted in-depth interviews and fieldwork with 150 young adults, and found that those who had been able to move to better neighborhoods—either as part of the Moving to Opportunity program or by other means—achieved much higher rates of high school completion and college enrollment than their parents. About half the youth surveyed reported being motivated by an “identity project”—or a strong passion such as music, art, or a dream job—to finish school and build a career. Yet the authors also found troubling evidence that some of the most promising young adults often fell short of their goals and remained mired in poverty. Factors such as neighborhood violence and family trauma put these youth on expedited paths to adulthood, forcing them to shorten or end their schooling and find jobs much earlier than their middle-class counterparts. Weak labor markets and subpar postsecondary educational institutions, including exploitative for-profit trade schools and under-funded community colleges, saddle some young adults with debt and trap them in low-wage jobs. A third of the youth surveyed—particularly those who had not developed identity projects—were neither employed nor in school. To address these barriers to success, the authors recommend initiatives that help transform poor neighborhoods and provide institutional support for the identity projects that motivate youth to stay in school. They propose increased regulation of for-profit schools and increased college resources for low-income high school students. Coming of Age in the Other America presents a sensitive, nuanced account of how a generation of ambitious but underprivileged young Baltimoreans has struggled to succeed. It both challenges long-held myths about inner-city youth and shows how the process of “social reproduction”—where children end up stuck in the same place as their parents—is far from inevitable.
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in America by : Mary C. Waters
Download or read book Coming of Age in America written by Mary C. Waters and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Much hand-wringing has occurred over the so-called failure of young people to grow up today. This volume persuasively shows the range of forces that shape the protracted transition to adulthood. An excellent and enjoyable read." --Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, and editor of the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. "The essays in this volume are written with great verve and intelligence, grounded in extensive fieldwork and careful data analysis." --Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociology in the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Download or read book Come of Age written by Stephen Jenkinson and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his landmark provocative style, Stephen Jenkinson makes the case that we must birth a new generation of elders, one poised and willing to be true stewards of the planet and its species. Come of Age does not offer tips on how to be a better senior citizen or how to be kinder to our elders. Rather, with lyrical prose and incisive insight, Stephen Jenkinson explores the great paradox of elderhood in North America: how we are awash in the aged and yet somehow lacking in wisdom; how we relegate senior citizens to the corner of the house while simultaneously heralding them as sage elders simply by virtue of their age. Our own unreconciled relationship with what it means to be an elder has yielded a culture nearly bereft of them. Meanwhile, the planet boils, and the younger generation boils with anger over being left an environment and sociopolitical landscape deeply scarred and broken. Taking on the sacred cow of the family, Jenkinson argues that elderhood is a function rather than an identity—it is not a position earned simply by the number of years on the planet or the title “parent” or “grandparent.” As with his seminal book Die Wise, Jenkinson interweaves rich personal stories with iconoclastic observations that will leave readers radically rethinking their concept of what it takes to be an elder and the risks of doing otherwise. Part critique, part call to action, Come of Age is a love song inviting us—imploring us—to elderhood in this time of trouble. That time is now. We’re an hour before dawn, and first light will show the carnage, or the courage, we bequeath to the generations to come.
Book Synopsis Coming of Age at the End of Nature by : Julie Dunlap
Download or read book Coming of Age at the End of Nature written by Julie Dunlap and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom of humanity’s ancient relationship with a pristine earth in his prescient 1988 warning of climate change, The End of Nature. What happens to individuals and societies when their most fundamental cultural, historical, and ecological bonds weaken—or snap? In Coming of Age at the End of Nature, insightful millennials express their anger and love, dreams and fears, and sources of resilience for living and thriving on our shifting planet. Twenty-two essays explore wide-ranging themes that are paramount to young generations but that resonate with everyone, including redefining materialism and environmental justice, assessing the risk and promise of technology, and celebrating place anywhere from a wild Atlantic island to the Arizona desert, to Baltimore and Bangkok. The contributors speak with authority on problems facing us all, whether railing against the errors of past generations, reveling in their own adaptability, or insisting on a collective responsibility to do better.
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in the 21st Century by : Mary Frosch
Download or read book Coming of Age in the 21st Century written by Mary Frosch and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multicultural collection of stories about growing up in today's America covers a wide range of issues, from identity and sexuality to solitude and conflict, in a volume that includes Lan Samantha Chang's "The Eve of the Spirit Festival" and Emily Rabateau's "Mrs. Turner's Lawn Jockeys." Original.
Download or read book Old Age written by Simone de Beauvoir and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in New Jersey by : Michael Moffatt
Download or read book Coming of Age in New Jersey written by Michael Moffatt and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To present these thoughtfully crafted case studies of undergraduate culture, the author did what anthropologists usually do in more distant cultures: he lived among the natives. His findings are sometimes disturbing, potentially controversial, but somehow very believable. This text presents a vivid slice of life of what the author saw and heard in the dorms of a typical state university, Rutgers, in the 1980s.
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in Popular Culture by : Donald C. Miller
Download or read book Coming of Age in Popular Culture written by Donald C. Miller and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers media presentations of the transition from childhood to adulthood from the 1950s to the year 2010. It explores the ways that adolescence is characterized in pop culture, shows how powerful media and entertainment are in establishing societal norms, and considers how American society views and values adolescence. Topics addressed include race relations, gender roles, religion, and sexual identity.
Download or read book Coming of Age written by Cate LeSourd and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our twenties and early thirties present unique challenges as we build our careers and our sense of community. Most books about the post-grad years are written by psychologists and business leaders who offer recommendations based on their professional expertise. While helpful, it is rare to hear the voices of those currently living through this season of life. This book exposes the realities of the pivotal transition from college into adulthood from the perspective of other twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings.Based on a survey sent to over a thousand individuals nationwide ranging from college seniors to those in their early thirties, Cate LeSourd uncovered their common experiences and emotions during these tumultuous years. Coming of Age: Our Journey into Adulthood examines the impact of this life transition on our careers, relationships, finances, community, social media, and mental health. With a lens of honesty, vulnerability, and a bit of humor, Cate tells her own story alongside those of many others. Coming of Age shares insights, advice, and anecdotes from respondents that highlight the ups and downs about the post-grad years, the twenties, and beyond. From navigating our careers to the shifting tides of relationships, this decade is filled with times of doubt and uncertainty. Thought you were the only one? It's time for us to talk about it.
Download or read book Coming of Age written by Studs Terkel and published by . This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel presents an extraordinary documentary of the 20th century, captured with a haunting voice and cadence that only he could achieve. Wise, contemplative, and wondrous, Coming of Age is Terkel in high form--compassionate, generous, always insightful--"(a) kind of national prose poem, a chorus of cacophonous voices offering a jagged, emotionally charged portrait of our times" (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review).
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in America by : Mary Frosch
Download or read book Coming of Age in America written by Mary Frosch and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories and novel excerpts by noted minority authors explore the triumphs and tribulations of adolescence.
Book Synopsis Coming of Age in Ancient Greece by : Stephen John Morewitz
Download or read book Coming of Age in Ancient Greece written by Stephen John Morewitz and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was childhood like in ancient Greece? What activities and games did Greek children embrace? How were they schooled and what religious and ceremonial rites of passage were key to their development? These fascinating questions and many more are answered in this groundbreaking book--the first English-language study to feature and discuss imagery and artifacts relating to childhood in ancient Greece.Coming of Age in Ancient Greece shows that the Greeks were the first culture to represent children and their activities naturalistically in their art. Here we learn about depictions of children in myth as well as life, from infancy to adolescence. This beautifully illustrated book features such archaeological artifacts as toys and gaming pieces alongside images of them in use by children on ancient vases, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and stone sculpture, and marble grave monuments. Essays by eminent scholars in the fields of Greek social history, literature, archaeology, anthropology, and art history discuss a wide range of topics, including the burgeoning role of childhood studies in interdisciplinary studies; the status of children in Greek culture; the evolution of attitudes toward children from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period as documented by literature and art; the relationships of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters; and the roles of cult practice and death in a child's existence.This delightful book illuminates what is most universal and specific about childhood in ancient Greece and examines childhood's effects on Greek life and culture, the foundation on which Western civilization has been based.
Download or read book Coming of Age written by I.G. Harding and published by Coming of Age. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear What the Critics are Saying "Wow, what an amazing and Entertaining Book; great cast of characters, very good story with a lot of eerie twists and turns. Population Zero is by far one of the best zombie books to have come out in a long time." -Mary Jones – Valley Daily News “A must read in the horror genre. Population Zero is a book that will leave you begging for more; Five Stars All The Way.” -Judy B. Cohen – Elite Media Group “Deliciously entertaining and very fun read. I bought it for a friend as a gift and she loved it as well. It’s by far one of the finest zombie apocalypse books to have come out in the last decade. Highly Recommend This Book.” -Dave Baker – Book Bloggers of America “Very interesting story. I highly recommend this book to any zombie lover out there. Can’t Go Wrong. -Carl Mosner – Readers Cove Unlimited “Population Zero is an extremely well developed post-apocalyptic zombie tale. I really had a lot of fun reading this story. If you’re looking for a phenomenal zombie book, then look no further than this one. Ten Thumbs Up.” -Debra Eisner – Literary Times Inc. “My favorite zombie book this year; so far I have read more than eight. Once I started reading, I simply couldn’t put it down. Great Read.” -Emma Righter – Writers United Group “This story reminded me why I fell in love with reading zombie books in the first place; thank you Mr. Harding for making such an amazing and fun book. Keep up with the great story telling. Awesome Book!” -Lee Ratner – Daily Media Trends, Inc. Editorial Review Population Zero is an amazing book and a really interesting read. By the end of the book, you will feel like you have gone on an emotional rollercoaster which is not only fun, but also frightening. This zombie book is definitely one of a kind in the horror genre. If you are looking for a book that will leave you biting your nails at the edge of your seat, then look no further than Population Zero. This book is chock-full of amazing characters and terrifying zombies. Five Stars! Jim S. Stein About the Book When a scientist unleashes the deadliest virus the world has ever seen, a small group must band together to survive the zombie apocalypse; their tale is one of redemption, joy and tears. Come and join us in the town of Steel Valley. A world filled with chaos, where even the dead don’t know their rightful place. (coming of age, free coming of age, coming of age books, coming of age fiction, coming of age novels) [coming of age]
Download or read book Coming of Age written by Ivan King and published by Coming of Age. This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear What the Critics are Saying "Wow, what an Amazing Book for young adults; truly inspirational, very entertaining and highly thought provoking. The Path is by far one of the best Fiction books to have come out in a long time." -Mary Jones -Valley Daily News "The Path is a book that will really challenge the way you view the world. A Must Read." -Judy B. Cohen – Elite Media Group "Deliciously Entertaining and a very thought inducing book; I bought it for a friend as a gift and she loved it as well. It's by far one of the finest Fiction books to have come out in the last decade." -Dave Baker -Book Bloggers of America "The Path is an extremely fascinating book; it really made me think. If you're looking for a book that will not only make you emotional, but will also exercise your mind, then look no further than this book. Amazing; Five Stars All The Way." -Debra Eisner -Literary Times Inc. "My favorite Fiction book this year; so far we have read more than eight. Highly Recommend." -Emma Righter -Writers United Group "This book reminded me why I fell in love with reading in the first place; thank you Mr. King for making such an amazing and inspiring book. Keep up with the great story telling. Ten Thumbs Up." -Lee Ratner –Daily Media Trends, Inc. Editorial Review The Path in itself is a journey. By the end of the book, you will feel like you have gone through an emotional and cerebral roller-coaster. This book will really make you think; but more than that, it will make you feel. The Path is a call to action for all generations, young and old. Not since Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, has a book come out as thought provoking and inspiring. Mr. King does it again. Excellent Book! Jim S. Stein Book Description A little Boy gets lost on a path; along the way, he meets three versions of his future self and discovers the meaning of life. What lessons will he learn; what secrets are going to be revealed? Jump into the path and you will find out..... If you had the power to go back and change one decision in your life, what would it be? Favorite Quote "Life is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel." Join me on an adventure and together we will discover the true purpose of life. (coming of age, free coming of age, coming of age books, coming of age fiction, coming of age novels) [coming of age]
Download or read book Coming of Age written by Mandy Ross and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the origin, historical or religious significance, and practice of coming of age in different cultures around the world.
Download or read book Coming of Age written by G. Wayne Miller and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G. Wayne Miller explores the drama and passion teenagers hide from everyone but their peers in this warm, funny, and eye-opening account of two kids from a small New England town as they come of age. As Dave Bettencourt, seventeen, begins his senior year of high school, there are many things he wants to do: be elected class clown; start on the varsity basketball team; turn his high school upside down with his radical underground newspaper, Total Godhead; finally convince his mother, a biology teacher, that he’ll never be a scientist; and take his strikingly beautiful girlfriend, Beth Sunn—whose passion is in-your-face rap—to the prom. Beth’s plans for her sophomore year include: loving Dave forever; being a cheerleader; surviving school; and staying absolutely cool. All over America, teens like Beth and Dave are coming of age in a world that is dramatically different from the one in which most of us grew up. But their experience is universal: They’re falling in love, defying their parents, learning to be independent, and discovering who they are. This is the true story of two kids growing up on Main Street, U.S.A., away from urban violence and the glare of the national media—a place where, despite all the pressures of a new age, it is still possible to believe the good things about being young. “Offers a sympathetic and insightful portrait of high school life in the heartland.”—Julie Salamon, author of Devil’s Candy
Download or read book Coming of Age written by Valerie Bodden and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the role and theme of the coming of age archetype in A Separate Peace, The Catcher in the Rye, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Giver, and The Fault in Our Stars. It features four analysis papers that consider the coming of age theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics of essay writing. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
