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Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods

Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods

This book first published in 1984 recounts the daily life the politics religion and leisure pursuits of Jamaicans in working- and middle-class Kingston. The study is based upon the author’s observations of life in Selton Town and Vermount two neighborhoods of Kingston between 1971 and 1982. The author analyses the local social conflicts and ideologies thereby demonstrating how larger issues of class domination and cultural hegemony pervade neighbourhood life. The study provides a detailed contextual account of the significance of belonging to different classes. It provides a different perspective of Caribbean anthropology combining the techniques of ethnography and political economy. | Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods

GBP 35.99
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Stories of Resilience in Childhood Narratives of Maya Angelou Maxine Hong Kingston Richard Rodriguez John Edgar Wideman and Tobias Wolff

Stories of Resilience in Childhood Narratives of Maya Angelou Maxine Hong Kingston Richard Rodriguez John Edgar Wideman and Tobias Wolff

What helps a child overcome extraordinary obstacles? Why do some children surmount many difficulties and go on to live fulfilling lives while other children who face similar difficulties end up living desperate sad lives? What helps children beat the odds? What builds resilience in children? These are critically important questions yet for too long social scientists doctors psychologists and teachers have studied children who failed and tried to figure out what caused the failure. Only relatively recently have they begun to focus on what creates success. Originally published in 1997 this book is an effort to understand better what contributes to a child’s success and resilience. The source of information will be autobiographies of childhoods – autobiographical stories written by adults remembering their difficult childhoods. This is not a research study or case study rather it is an attempt to read and listen to five stories about resilient children and see what they can tell us about supporting children and building resilience. | Stories of Resilience in Childhood Narratives of Maya Angelou Maxine Hong Kingston Richard Rodriguez John Edgar Wideman and Tobias Wolff

GBP 29.99
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