A Place on the Corner, Second Edition

by Elijah Anderson

Overview

This paperback edition of A Place on the Corner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elijah Anderson's sociological classic, a study of street corner life at a local barroom/liquor store located in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side. Anderson returned night after night, month after month, to gain a deeper understanding of the people he met, vividly depicting how they created—and recreated—their local stratification system. In addition, Anderson introduces key sociological concepts, including "the extended primary group" and "being down." The new preface and appendix in this edition expand on Anderson's original work, telling the intriguing story of how he went about his field work among the men who frequented Jelly's corner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226775029
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	05/22/2020
Series:	Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Elijah Anderson is the Charles and William L. Day Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences, professor of sociology, and director of the Philadelphia ethnography project at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Code of the Street and Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
1. The Setting
2. The Elaboration of Primary Ties and Personal Identities
3. The Regulars
4. The Wineheads
5. The Hoodlums
6. Social Order and Sociability
7. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix - Jelly's Place: An Ethnographic Memoir
Index