The cultural matrix : understanding Black youth / edited by Orlando Patterson ; with Ethan Fosse.

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The Cultural Matrix seeks to unravel a uniquely American paradox: the socioeconomic crisis, segregation, and social isolation of disadvantaged black youth, on the one hand, and their extraordinary integration and prominence in popular culture on the other. Despite school dropout rates over 40 percen...

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Other Authors: Patterson, Orlando, 1940-
Fosse, Ethan
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
African American youth > Social conditions.
African American youth > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:vii, 675 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Orlando Patterson, Ethan Fosse
  • The Nature and Dynamics of Cultural Processes / Orlando Patterson
  • The Social and Cultural Matrix of Black Youth / Orlando Patterson
  • The Values and Beliefs of Disconnected Black Youth / Ethan Fosse
  • Hip-Hop's Irrepressible Refashionability: Phases in the Cultural Production of Black Youth / Wayne Marshall
  • Continuity and Change in Neighborhood Culture: Toward a Structurally Embedded Theory of Social Altruism and Moral Cynicism / Robert J. Sampson
  • "I Do Me": Black Men and the Struggle to Resist the Street / Kathryn Edin, Robert Rosenblatt, Queenie Zhu
  • More than Just Black: Cultural Perils and Opportunities in Inner-City Neighborhoods / Van. C. Tran
  • The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth / Rajeev Dehejia, Thomas DeLeire, Erzo P. Luttmer, Josh Mitchell
  • Keeping Up the Front: How Disadvantaged Black Youths Avoid Street Violence in the Inner City / Joseph C. Krupnick and Christopher Winship
  • What About the Day After? Youth Culture in the Era of "Law and Order" / Sudhir Venkatesh
  • Culture, Inequality, and Gender Relations among Urban Black Youth / Jody Miller
  • Effects of Affluent Suburban Schooling: Learning Skilled Ways of Interacting with Educational Gatekeepers / Simone Ispa-Landa
  • "Try on the Outfit and Just See How It Works": The Psychocultural Responses of Disconnected Youth to Work / Orlando Patterson and Jacqueline Rivers
  • Stepping Up or Stepping Back: Highly Disadvantaged Parents' Responses to Building Strong Families Program / Andrew Clarkwest, Alexandra A. Killewald, Robert G. Wood
  • Beyond BA Blinders: Cultural Impediments to College Success / James E. Rosenbaum, Jennifer Stephan, Janet Rosen, Amy E. Foran, Pam Schuetz
  • Liberalism, Self-Respect, and Troubling Cultural Patterns in Ghettos / Tommie Shelby
  • Conclusion: What Have We Learned? / Orlando Patterson and Ethan Fosse.