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Invisible in Austin life and labor in an American city

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Austin University of Texas 2015Description: viii,271p. illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781477303658
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 976.431 23 IN-
LOC classification:
  • F394.A99 I58 2015
Contents:
Introduction : know them well /Javier Auyero -- Austin, Texas, in sociohistorical context / Maggie Tate -- Santos : the gold hunter / Jacinto Cuvi -- Clarissa : "a woman who fell on hard times" / Kristine Kilanski -- Inés : discipline, surveillance, and mothering in the margins / Jessica Dunning-Lozano -- Chip : the cost(s) of chasing the American dream / Eric Enrique Borja -- Raven : "the difference between a cocktail waitress and a stripper ? Two weeks" / Caitlyn Collins -- Kumar : driving in the nighttime / Katherine Jensen -- Ethan : a product of the service industry / Katherine Sobering -- Keith : a musician at the margins / Amias Maldonado -- Xiomara : working toward home / Jennifer Scott -- Ella : fighting to save a few / Pamela Neumann -- Manuel : the luxury of defending yourself / Marcos Pérez -- Afterword : plumbing the social underbelly of the dual city / Loïc Wacquant.
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Introduction : know them well /Javier Auyero -- Austin, Texas, in sociohistorical context / Maggie Tate -- Santos : the gold hunter / Jacinto Cuvi -- Clarissa : "a woman who fell on hard times" / Kristine Kilanski -- Inés : discipline, surveillance, and mothering in the margins / Jessica Dunning-Lozano -- Chip : the cost(s) of chasing the American dream / Eric Enrique Borja -- Raven : "the difference between a cocktail waitress and a stripper ? Two weeks" / Caitlyn Collins -- Kumar : driving in the nighttime / Katherine Jensen -- Ethan : a product of the service industry / Katherine Sobering -- Keith : a musician at the margins / Amias Maldonado -- Xiomara : working toward home / Jennifer Scott -- Ella : fighting to save a few / Pamela Neumann -- Manuel : the luxury of defending yourself / Marcos Pérez -- Afterword : plumbing the social underbelly of the dual city / Loïc Wacquant.

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