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Social and Political Dynamics of the Informal Economy in African Cities: Nairobi and Harare

Kinuthia Macharia
1979

Kinuthia Macharia- In Africa, urbanites have used their ethnicity, friendship, and rural places of origin to cement their life in the cities, most particularly in the development of small enterprises. Social and Political Dynamics of the Informal Economy in African Citiesexplores how informal economies in African cities operate. The book, which focuses specifically on the on the Jua Kali in Kenya, also investigates the significance of various forms of social networks and how urban migrants have used them for shelter and establishing informal...

Black Male Deviance

Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr.
1995

Anthony J. Lemelle Jr.- Many studies of Black men have been and will be produced, but most have approached the subject from angles other than a position of scholarship that explores how Black men have come to be socially produced as deviants, and asks how have persons in academe participated in the production of these perceived deviants, and how has the Black community responded to this social construct of a role. This work is directed toward sociologists and those who are interested in the study of the Black community.

Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life

Patricia Zavella
1997

Edited By Louise Lamphere, Helena Ragone, Patricia Zavella- Situated Lives brings together the most important...

Race In The Hood: Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth

Howard Pinderhughes
1977

Howard Pinderhughes- Why are racial conflict and violence among the most enduring problems in American society? Why do some youths express racism violently while others develop tolerance and respect for those who are different? What can we as a society do to foster open-mindedness among children and teenagers? Seeking answers to these questions, Howard Pinderhughes spent two years talking to and studying three groups of New York City adolescents: the predominantly Italian American Avenue T...

Crafting Science: A Socio-history of the Quest for the Genetics of Cancer

Joan H. Fujimura
1998

JOAN H. FUJIMURA- During the late 1970s and 1980s, "cancer" underwent a transformation: what had long been a set of heterogeneous diseases marked by uncontrolled cell growth became a disease of our genes. How this happened and what it means is the story Joan Fujimura tells in a rare inside look at the way science works and knowledge is created.

Not Our Kind of Girl- Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood

Elaine Bell Kaplan
1977

Elaine Bell Kaplan- One of the most worrisome images in America today is that of the teenage mother. For the African-American community, that image is especially troubling: All the problems of the welfare system seem to spotlight the black teenage mom. Elaine Bell Kaplan's affecting and insightful book dispels common perceptions of these young women. Her interviews with the women themselves, and with their mothers and grandmothers, provide a vivid picture of lives caught in the intersection of race, class, and gender.

Kaplan challenges the...

Readings in the Sociology of AIDS

Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr.
1999

Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr., Charlene Harrington, and Allen J. Leblanc- This unique and comprehensive book focuses on the sociological (rather than the biomedical and behavioral) issues of HIV/AIDS. It highlights the human consequences of the disease for both groups and established social structures. Exposes the reader to the full range of social, cultural, historical, policy, and economic issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS crisis. Addresses three specific dimensions of HIV/AIDS—transmission, outreach for...

Sex, Gender, and Intimacy

Diane Beeson
1999

Diane Beeson, Carl Stempel-Selected Readings

Culture on the Margins: The Black Spiritual and the Rise of American Cultural Interpretation

Jon Cruz
1999

Jon Cruz- In Culture on the Margins, Jon Cruz recounts the “discovery” of black music by white elites in the nineteenth century, boldly revealing how the episode shaped modern approaches to studying racial and ethnic cultures. Slave owners had long heard black song making as meaningless “noise.” Abolitionists began to attribute social and political meaning to the music, inspired, as many were, by Frederick Douglass’s invitation to hear slaves’ songs as testimonies to their inner, subjective...

Home Advantage Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education

Annette Lareau
2000

Anette Lareau- This historical and sociological survey of two communities looks into the relation between parents and teachers of different social classes and puts forward the argument that social class, independent of ability, does affect schooling, because of the availability of money and time. This book does not concentrate on one social institution, but on family life and school life. With family life, the middle-class parent is more likely to take their work home with them. Yet Lareau’s research also shows that middle-class parents are more inclined to spend more time...