Talking at Trena's: Everyday Conversations at an African American Tavern - Brossura

May, Reuben A. Buford

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ISBN 10: 0814756727 ISBN 13: 9780814756720

Casa editrice: New York Univ Pr, 2001

Riassunto

Talking at Trena's is an ethnography conducted in a bar in an African American, middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's southside. May's work focuses on how the mostly black, working- and middle-class patrons of Trena's talk about race, work, class, women, relationships, the media, and life in general. May recognizes tavern talk as a form of social play and symbolic performace within the tavern, as well as an indication of the social problems African Americans confront on a daily basis.

Following a long tradition of research on informal gathering places, May's work reveals, though close description and analysis of ethnographic data, how African Americans come to understand the racial dynamics of American society which impact their jobs, entertainment—particularly television programs—and their social interactions with peers, employers, and others. Talking at Trena's provides a window into the laughs, complaints, experiences, and strategies which Trena's regulars share for managing daily life outside the safety and comfort of the tavern.

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L'autore:

Reuben A. Buford May is Professor of Sociology at Texas A & M University. He is the author of Talking at Trena’s: Everyday Conversations at an African American Tavern (NYU Press, 2001).

Product Description:

On Chicago's South Side, in the heart of a middle-class African American neighborhood, men gather after work to talk about their day, and their lives. The setting is Trena's, a popular, local watering hole where the conversation quickly turns to the hot topics of the day; race, the workplace, social class, sex, the media, and family. In this setting these men relax, open up and reveal themselves to the staff and their fellow patrons with remarkable frankness. Following in the tradition of Elijah Anderson's "A Place on the Corner" and Mitchell Duneier's "Slim's Table", "Talking at Trena's" reveals, how these men whose economic and social status is precarious understand the racial dynamics of American society. We learn about how they handle the racism and class bias that impacts their jobs, their social interactions with peers, and their relationships with loved ones. Their conversations frequently turn to television and how blacks and whites are represented, how it deals with men and women and how it shapes their perception of life. "Talking at Trena's" provides a window into the laughs, complaints, and experiences, which Trena's regulars share and their strategies for managing daily life outside the safety and comfort of the tavern.

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• Editore: New York Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0814756727
• ISBN 13: 9780814756720
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 210