Constructing social reality : self-portraits of Black children living in poverty

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    • Brunious, Loretta J.

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Constructing social reality : self-portraits of Black children living in poverty

Loretta J. Brunious

(Children of poverty)(A Routledge series)

Routledge, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and why this process is a particulary critical factor in their perception and creation of self. It argues that black disadvantaged children develop a lifestyle and adopt values based on an identity grounded in racism, inequality, violence and poverty. "Constructing Social Relaity: Self Portraits of poor Black Adolescents" makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship by investigating the phenomena of poverty from cognitive, linguistic, and experiential persepctives in the lives of disadvantaged black adolescents.

Table of Contents

Tables and Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Course of Construction 3. Primary Socialization and Construction of Reality 4. Listen: Do You Hear What I Hear? 5. Showdown: Impact of Mass Media and Popular Culture 6. Reality Is Socially Constructed! The Causal Network Pilot Study Wolf's Artwork References Index

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