2. The Social and Cultural Matrix of Black Youth

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Overview
5. 1. The Nature and Dynamics of Cultural Processes 25
6. 2. The Social and Cultural Matrix of Black Youth 45
7. Part II: Black Youth Cultures across the Nation
8. 3. The Values and Beliefs of Disconnected Black Youth 139
9. 4. Hip-Hop’s Irrepressible Refashionability: Phases in the Cultural Production of Black Youth 167
10. Part III: The Interaction of Cultural and Social Processes in Inner-City Neighborhoods
11. 5. Continuity and Change in Neighborhood Culture: Toward a Structurally Embedded Theory of Social Altruism and Moral Cynicism 201
12. 6. “I Do Me”: Young Black Men and the Struggle to Resist the Street 229
13. 7. More Than Just Black: Cultural Perils and Opportunities in Inner-City Neighborhoods 252
14. 8. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth 281
15. Part IV: The Cultural Structuring of Conflict and Differences within and between Genders
16. 9. Keeping Up the Front: How Disadvantaged Black Youths Avoid Street Violence in the Inner City 311
17. 10. What about the Day After? Youth Culture in the Era of “Law and Order” 351
18. 11. Culture, Inequality, and Gender Relations among Urban Black Youth 369
19. Part V: Cultural, Social, and Moral Trials
20. 12. Effects of Affluent Suburban Schooling: Learning Skilled Ways of Interacting with Educational Gatekeepers 393
21. 13. “Try On the Outfit and Just See How It Works”: The Psychocultural Responses of Disconnected Youth to Work 415
22. 14. Stepping Up or Stepping Back: Highly Disadvantaged Parents’ Responses to the Building Strong Families Program 444
23. 15. Beyond BA Blinders: Cultural Impediments to College Success 471
24. 16. Liberalism, Self-Respect, and Troubling Cultural Patterns in Ghettos 498
25. Conclusion: What Have We Learned? 533
26. Notes 559
27. References 583
28. Contributors 653
29. Index 655