Children and Youth Speak for Themselves

470 Pages·2010·2.436 MB·English

by  Heather Johnson

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES
SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
VOLUME 13
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES
EDITED BY
HEATHER BETH JOHNSON
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
EDITORIAL BOARD xi
SCHOLARS GIVING VOICE SO THAT CHILDREN xiii
AND YOUTH CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS SPECIAL VOLUME
SECTION I: CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES:
PERCEPTIONS, STIGMAS, AND STEREOTYPES
‘‘THEY DON’T WANNA GET THEIR EDUCATION’’:
PEERS AND COLLECTIVE DIS-IDENTITY IN A
MULTIRACIAL URBAN HIGH SCHOOL
Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom 3
‘‘AND NO FLOWERS GROW THERE AND STUFF’’:
YOUNG CHILDREN’S SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
OF POVERTY
Carin Neitzel and Judith A. Chafel 33
‘‘I LIKE BEING INTERVIEEEEEEEWED!’’: KIDS’
PERSPECTIVES ON PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL
RESEARCH
Margaret Ann Hagerman 61
‘‘YOU CAN’T COUNT ON NOBODY IN LIFE’’:
HOMELESS YOUTH AND THE TRANSITION
TO ADULTHOOD
Laura J. Napolitano 107
v
vi CONTENTS
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EMBODIMENT
Heather R. Hlavka 131
HOW MALTREATMENT MATTERS: EFFECTS
OF CHILD MALTREATMENT ON ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE
Daniel Jason Potter 167
SECTION II: EXPLORING CHILDREN’S
CREATIVE PROCESSES
THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIENCE AND AGENCY
FOR REPRESENTATION: A CASE STUDY OF AN
URBAN YOUTH MEDIA COMMUNITY
Linda Charmaraman 205
FROM ‘‘HE’S TOO NICE’’ TO ‘‘SOME DAY’’: USING
PHOTOGRAPHY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT URBAN
STUDENTS WANT TO LEARN IN SCHOOL
Kristien Zenkov 233
SECTION III: STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS
ON EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF
CHARACTER EDUCATION: WHAT THEY ARE
DOING WHEN SOMEONE IS LOOKING
Suzanne S. Hudd 267
THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERING: COMPARING
YOUTHS’ EXPERIENCES TO POPULAR CLAIMS
Sandi Kawecka Nenga 295
TROPHIES, TRIUMPHS, AND TEARS: CHILDREN’S
EXPERIENCES WITH COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES
Hilary Levey 319
Contents vii
‘‘INTO IT’’ OR ‘‘GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS’’:
EXPLORING HOW COLLEGE STUDENTS
UNDERSTAND THEIR ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT
Jeff Lashbrook 351
MOVING INTO LINE: THE EDUCATIONAL,
OCCUPATIONAL, AND FAMILY AMBITIONS
OF THE YOUTH OF GAUTREAUX TWO
Melody L. Boyd and Kimberly A. Goyette 373
SECTION IV: RACIAL ATTITUDES AND RACE
AWARENESS AMONG CHILDREN
SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE: YOUTH
DISCOURSESONRACIALIMPORTANCEINSCHOOL
R. L’Heureux Lewis 401
‘‘I LEARN BEING BLACK FROM EVERYWHERE
I GO’’: COLOR BLINDNESS, TRAVEL, AND THE
FORMATION OF RACIAL ATTITUDES AMONG
AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS
Erin N. Winkler 423

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Melody L. Boyd Department of Sociology, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Judith A. Chafel Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN, USA
Linda Charmaraman Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley
College, Wellesley, MA, USA
Kimberly A. Goyette Department of Sociology, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Margaret Ann Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Hagerman
Heather R. Hlavka Marquette University, Milwaukee,
WI, USA
Suzanne S. Hudd Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, USA
Jeff Lashbrook The College at Brockport, SUNY,
Brockport, NY, USA
Hilary Levey HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA,USA
R. L’Heureux Lewis The City College of New York – CUNY,
New York, NY, USA
Laura J. Napolitano Department of Sociology, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Carin Neitzel VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,TN,USA
Sandi Kawecka Nenga Southwestern University, Georgetown,
TX, USA
Daniel Jason Potter Predoctoral Research Fellow, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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