| King Kong on 4th Street: Families and the Violence of Poverty on the Lower East Side Contributor(s): Sharff, Jagna Wojcicka (Author) |
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ISBN: 036731648X ISBN-13: 9780367316488 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Family & Relationships - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.17 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In King Kong on 4th Street, Jagna Sharff chronicles an ethnographic team's involvement over a span of fifteen years with the people of a poor, largely Puerto Rican neighborhood in New York City. Anchoring her observations in field notes, she recounts the joys, fears, and disappointments of daily life as well as the drama of large events. Arson, the |