Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city /
Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city /
edited by Javier Auyero ; with an afterword by Loïc Wacquant.
- First edition.
- viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
1477303642 (cloth : alk. paper) 1477303650 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781477303641 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781477303658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014046938
Marginality, Social--Texas--Austin.
Minorities--Texas--Austin.
Poor--Texas--Austin.
Austin (Tex.)--Economic conditions.
Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
1477303642 (cloth : alk. paper) 1477303650 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781477303641 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781477303658 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2014046938
Marginality, Social--Texas--Austin.
Minorities--Texas--Austin.
Poor--Texas--Austin.
Austin (Tex.)--Economic conditions.
Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions.