Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

CONTENTS......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
PART ONE: THE HALLWAY HANGERS AND THE BROTHERS AS TEENAGERS......Page 16
1. SOCIAL IMMOBILITY IN THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY......Page 18
2. SOCIAL REPRODUCTION IN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 26
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis: Schooled by Social Class......Page 27
Pierre Bourdieu: Cultural Capital and Habitus......Page 28
Basil Bernstein and Shirley Brice Heath: Linguistic Cultural Capital......Page 31
Paul Willis: The Lads and the Ear\'oles......Page 33
Henry Giroux: Student Resistance to School......Page 35
Social Reproduction in Clarendon Heights......Page 37
Notes......Page 38
The Hallway Hangers: \"You Gotta Be Bad\"......Page 40
The Brothers: Conspicuous by Their Conventionality......Page 60
Notes......Page 65
The Hallway Hangers\' Households......Page 66
The Brothers\' Families......Page 69
Notes......Page 76
The Hallway Hangers: Keeping a Lid on Hope......Page 77
The Brothers: Ready at the Starting Line......Page 90
Notes......Page 98
6. SCHOOL: PREPARING FOR THE COMPETITION......Page 99
The Brothers: Conformity and Compliance......Page 104
The Hallway Hangers: Teacher\'s Nightmare......Page 108
The Underlying Logic of Student Behavior......Page 113
Notes......Page 126
7. LEVELED ASPIRATIONS: SOCIAL REPRODUCTION TAKES ITS TOLL......Page 128
The Hallway Hangers: Internalizing Probabilities, Rescuing Self-Esteem......Page 129
The Brothers: Internalizing Failure, Shorn of Self-Esteem......Page 141
The Sources of Variation......Page 144
Notes......Page 150
Building on Bourdieu......Page 152
From Ethnography to Theory......Page 155
Individuals in the Social Landscape......Page 161
Cultural Autonomy within Structural Constraints......Page 164
Notes......Page 168
PART TWO: EIGHT YEARS LATER: LOW INCOME, LOW OUTCOME......Page 170
9. THE HALLWAY HANGERS: DEALING IN DESPAIR......Page 172
On the Job......Page 177
Working the Street......Page 187
Producing Themselves......Page 199
Notes......Page 211
Shortchanged on the Labor Market......Page 213
Sold on School......Page 228
Aspiration and Outcome: What Went Wrong?......Page 234
Groping for the Good Life......Page 248
Notes......Page 254
11. CONCLUSION: OUTCLASSED AND OUTCAST(E)......Page 256
Poverty: A Class Issue......Page 258
Racial Domination: Invidious but Invisible......Page 260
Race Versus Class: Can They Be Untangled?......Page 264
Structure Versus Agency: \"No One to Blame but Me\"......Page 267
What Is to Be Done?......Page 276
Class Dismissed......Page 282
Notes......Page 285
PART THREE: AIN\'T NO MAKIN\' IT? THE MEN AT MIDLIFE......Page 288
12. THE HALLWAY HANGERS: WEEBLE, WOBBLE, BUT WE DON\'T FALL DOWN......Page 292
Frankie: Connected......Page 293
Jinx: Stuck Around......Page 307
Shorty: All Bull Work......Page 315
Steve: My Life Sucks......Page 326
Stoney: Saved by the Drum......Page 332
Chris: Back Down at the Bottom......Page 343
Slick: Head Up High......Page 350
13. THE BROTHERS: FINALLY FINDING A FOOTHOLD......Page 365
Mokey: Manager......Page 366
Super: Hustler......Page 375
Mike: Buyer and Broker......Page 385
Juan: Mechanic......Page 391
James: Programmer......Page 401
Introduction......Page 422
Analysis......Page 424
So … Have They Made It?......Page 427
Capital on the Labor Market......Page 433
The Path to Down and Out: Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime......Page 442
Race and Racism......Page 446
Family: Settling Down and Moving Out......Page 450
The Meaning of (Im)Mobility......Page 454
Class Consciousness?......Page 460
Seeking Redemption......Page 463
The Next Generation......Page 466
Conclusion......Page 472
Notes......Page 476
Afterword: Freddie\'s Final Say......Page 480
Fieldwork: Doubts, Dilemmas, and Discoveries......Page 482
Second Harvest: Notes on the 1991 Field Experience......Page 503
Confessions: Clarendon Heights Revisited......Page 511
Notes......Page 519
The Hallway Hangers......Page 520
The Brothers......Page 523
Bibliography......Page 526
About the Book......Page 536
About the Authors......Page 538
A......Page 540
B......Page 541
C......Page 542
D......Page 543
E......Page 544
H......Page 545
K......Page 546
M......Page 547
P......Page 548
R......Page 549
S......Page 550
U......Page 551
Z......Page 552