Consumer culture among Cuban and black American youth

Pattillo‐McCoy, Mary

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“…Other studies support this conclusion, demonstrating that relationships vary in their effects. For example, Anderson's (1999) research on a Philadelphia neighborhood demonstrates the diversity of associations and their consequences (also see Pattillo-McCoy, 1999). Anderson (1999) describes two orientations, "decent and street," that organize community life; the former champions conventional middle-class values and activities, whereas the latter promote those values that are oppositional and frequently, illegal.…”

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“…Related research documents the formation of fictive kin among people in various settings. These include unemployed and working class men in the inner city (Anderson, 1978;Liebow, 1967), middle-class families (Pattillo-McCoy, 1999), young women (Miller, 1986), and immigrants (Ebaugh and Curry, 2000). Fictive families also occur in prisons where female inmates reserve family labels for connections that provide emotional support, identity, and access to food, privileges, and protection (Owen, 1998).…”

Section: Youth Relations and The Social Capital Of Fictive Street Fammentioning

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In and Out of Harm's Way: Violent Victimization and the Social Capital of Fictive Street Families*

McCarthy

Hagan²,

Martin

2002

Criminology

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Homeless youth establish a variety of relationships with people they meet on the street. These associations generate different levels of the intangible resources of trust, commitment, and reciprocity that contribute to a person's social capital. We argue that the relationships homeless youth describe as “street families” resemble the fictive kin common among people who have limited resources, and that these relationships are a greater source of social capital than are other associations. Social capital may improve access to many valued outcomes, including protections. Regression analyses of violent victimization support our argument, demonstrating that fictive street families keep youth out of harm's way more than do other street associations.

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Section: Youth Relations and The Social Capital Of Fictive Street Fammentioning

confidence: 99%