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Title:

Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city / edited by Javier Auyero ; with an afterword by Loïc Wacquant.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Marginality, Social--Austin.--Austin.
Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions.
Austin (Tex.)--Economic conditions.
Poor--Austin.--Austin.
Minorities--Austin.--Austin.
Economic history.
Marginality, Social.
Minorities.
Poor.
Social conditions.
Texas--Austin.

Other Authors:

Auyero, Javier, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN:

1477303650 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781477303658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1477303642 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781477303641 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)898029314

LCCN:

2014046938

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)