Learning Capitalist Culture Deep in the Heart of Tejas

Name: Learning Capitalist Culture Deep in the Heart of Tejas
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ISBN: 9780812220988

ISBN-10: 0812220986

ISBN-13: 9780812220988

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Douglas E. Foley

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Building on the author's thirty-six years of experience with North Town, this second edition ofLearning Capitalist Culturepresents an updated ethnographic study of the small, economically depressed, predominantly Mexican American south Texas town. Like many communities in the Southwest, North Town has undergone significant cultural and political change since the late 1960s, when the Chicano civil rights movement emerged and challenged the segregated racial order. The resulting racial confrontation between Mexicanos and Anglos created new tensions and problems for North Town youth. Douglas E. Foley examines the way in which these youth learn traditional American values through participation…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 7/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



The Civil Rights Movement Comes to Town



The Great American Football Ritual



Finding an Identity in the Social Status Scene



Working and Playing Around in the Classroom



Looking Back on the 1970s: An Epilogue



Constructing a Class Culture Theory of Schooling



Reflections of a White Anthropologist on Fieldwork


Appendix: Data Tables


References


Index


Acknowledgments