Inner-City “Schoolboy†Life

Raymond Gunn
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Raymond Gunn: University of Pennsylvania

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2004, vol. 595, issue 1, 63-79

Abstract: Academically oriented young males, or “schoolboys,†who reside in inner-city communities are often required to choose between their home and their school and are at risk of becoming alienated from either community, with far-reaching and dire consequences. The two cultures are often mutually antagonistic, and most students are severely challenged when trying to maintain a balance. The author uses relevant insights from his own childhood to approach his ongoing research with African American male students in a college preparatory magnet high school in Philadelphia.

Keywords: urban ethnography; race relations; innercity school; status mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716204267404

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