Webb24 juli 2015 · Aimee Cox is incredibly self-reflexive in her book. She allows these girls to teach her, instead of remaining an untouchable observer. … WebbIn Shapeshifters Aimee Meredith Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and negotiate poverty, racism, and gender violence to create and imagine lives for themselves. Based on eight years of fieldwork at the Fresh Start shelter, Cox shows how the shelter's …
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Webb7 aug. 2015 · About this book In this ethnography of the Fresh Start homeless shelter in Detroit, Aimee Meredith Cox shows how the shelter's residents—young black women whose average age is twenty—critique their social marginalization and find creative ways to exercise their agency. Author information Webb14 aug. 2015 · Shapeshifters (English, Paperback) Aimee Meredith Cox. In this ethnography of the Fresh Start homeless shelter in Detroit, Aimee Meredith Cox shows how the shelter's residents-young black women whose average age is twenty-critique their social marginalization and find creative ways to exercise their agency. $28.99 port of mattawa
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WebbDetails Subject(s) African American girls — Michigan — Detroit; Homeless girls — Michigan — Detroit; African American homeless persons — Michigan — Detroit; Summary note In Shapeshifters Aimee Meredith Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and … WebbE-Book Overview In Shapeshifters Aimee Meredith Cox explores how young Black women in a Detroit homeless shelter contest stereotypes, critique their status as partial citizens, and negotiate poverty, racism, and gender violence to … Webb2 dec. 2015 · Shapeshifters: Black Girls and the Choreography of Citizenship by Aimee Meredith Cox, assistant professor of African and African American studies at Fordham (Duke). In Shapeshifters, Aimee Meredith Cox writes about the young black women she met and came to know during the eight years she spent doing fieldwork at a homeless … port of matagorda