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<p><p>the Young People Defined As Gen Xers In The Media And Popular Imagination Almost Never Include Poor Or Working-class Young Adults. These Young People - A Huge And Important Part Of Our Society - Are Misrepresented And Silent In Our National Conversation. In <i>the Unknown City</i>, Michelle Fine And Lois Weis Offer A Groundbreaking, Theoretically Sophisticated Ethnography Of The Lives Of Young Adults (ages 23 To 35), Based On Hundreds Of Interviews. We Discover Their Views On Everything From The Construction Of Whiteness And Affirmative Action To The Economy, Education, And New Public Spaces Of Community Hope. Finally, Fine And Weis Point To What Is Being Done And What Should Be Done In Terms Of National Policy To Improve The Future Of These Remarkable Women And Men.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>as Advertisers Continue Refining Their Product Pitches To Affluent Members Of Generation X And Demographers Struggle To Place Those Young Adults In An Easily Recognizable Category, The Poor And Working Class, Ages 25-35, Are Largely Ignored And Misrepresented. Fine And Weis (coauthors Of Beyond Silenced Voices) Explore This Thesis By Interviewing More Than 150 Men And Women, Of D

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Author

Michelle Fine; Lois Weis

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807041260

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Family & Relationships, Young Adult, Gender Studies