Review of “The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City,” 2018, by Ranita Ray. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, paper, 241 pages.
Review of “The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City,” 2018, by Ranita Ray. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, paper, 241 pages.
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The title is perhaps a bit of a misnomer because this book is actually a story of the lives and experiences of a specific and tight group of high school students in one city—and at two high schools there. The book is about the poverty and mobility of these specific young adults—not only about, and maybe not even principally about, a teenage service class.
Review of “The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City,” 2018, by Ranita Ray. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, paper, 241 pages.
Review of “The Making of a Teenage Service…
Review of “The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City,” 2018, by Ranita Ray. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, paper, 241 pages.
The title is perhaps a bit of a misnomer because this book is actually a story of the lives and experiences of a specific and tight group of high school students in one city—and at two high schools there. The book is about the poverty and mobility of these specific young adults—not only about, and maybe not even principally about, a teenage service class.