Re: ethnographic studies of parenting in poverty

["Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D." <jek7@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest the work of Frank Furstenberg;  Elijah Anderson; Linda Burton;
and Robin Jarrett. There is also a volume edited by Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn on poverty and another edited by Brooks-Gunn et al.
on neighborhoods and poverty. 


At 03:13 PM 1/20/98 GMT, you wrote:
>I would appreciate any suggestions from list members about studies which
>give in parents' own words some glimpse of the realities of parenting in
>poverty. I am looking for leads to offer a research student.
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>Many thanks
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>Robbie Gilligan
>Senior Lecturer in Social Work,  and
>Head of Department
>Department of Social Studies
>University of Dublin - Trinity College
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>also Academic Co-Director, the Children's Centre,
>University of Dublin - Trinity College
>http://www.tcd.ie/Childrens_Centre/
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Jill E. Korbin, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7125
(216)368-2278  FAX (216)368-5334