Pride in the Projects: Teens Building Identities in Urban Contexts

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Contents ■ ■ ■ ■ Acknowledgments vii 1 “There Are Birds in the Projects”: The Ecology of Adolescent Development in Urban America 1 2 “I Give People a Lot of Respect”: The Self in Interpersonal Relationships 37 3 “I Never Thought Kids Would Look Up to Someone Like Me”: Lorenzo’s Story 61 4 “I Can’t Act Ghetto in the Ghetto No More”: Self, Society, and Social Categories 80 5 “I’ve Never Seen Any Dark-Skinned Girls in Videos”: Nicole’s Story 107 6 “I Can’t Lose to No Girl, Man”: The Gendered Self 129 7 “Manly, Take Charge, the Head Man, the King”: John’s Story 156 8 “If I Never Came Here I’d Be Irresponsible, Like a Little Kid”: After-School Programs as Sites of Development and Identity Construction 178 Appendix A: Methods 203 Appendix B: The Contextual Identity Interview: Protocol for Interview 1 212 Appendix C: The Contextual Identity Interview: Protocol for Interview 2 218 Appendix D: Photography Project 221 Appendix E: Coding Guidelines for Individuated versus Connected Self-Descriptors 223 Notes 227 References 245 Index 271 About the Author 280 ...