Title
Raised Up Down Yonder: Growing up Black in Rural Alabama
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2013
Date Added
2022-05-16
Abstract
Raised Up Down Yonder attempts to shift focus away from why black youth are "problematic" to explore what their daily lives actually entail. Howell travels to the small community of Hamilton, Alabama, to investigate what it is like for a young black person to grow up in the contemporary rural South. What she finds is that the young people of Hamilton are neither idly passing their time in a stereotypically languid setting nor are they being corrupted by hip-hop culture and the perils of the urban North, as many pundits suggest. Rather, they are dynamic and diverse young people making their way through the structures that define the twenty-first-century South. Told through the poignant stories of several high school students, Raised Up Down Yonder reveals a group that is often rendered invisible in society. Blended families, football sagas, crunk music, expanding social networks, and a nearby segregated prom are just a few of the fascinating juxtapositions.
ISBN
1-61703-882-2
Disciplines
Sociology
Recommended Citation
Howell, Angela McMillan, "Raised Up Down Yonder: Growing up Black in Rural Alabama" (2013). College of Liberal Arts. 135.
https://research.paynecenter.org/morgan_cls/135
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi