Mothering in the Inner City -- Parental Involvement and Claims of Family Difference -- Looking for a Place to Sing -- Traditional Strengths and New Challenges -- Parent and Teacher Expectations -- Work, Illness, and Inadequate Support -- Interrupting Social Reproductive Processes -- Independence, Connection, and Adaptability -- Striving for Respectability -- Culture Shock and Faithful Effort -- Complexity and Contradictions: Constructing Hope in Discouraging Environments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index