Alexis S Mccurn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4260263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis S Mccurn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccurn |
| SIGNATURE | MCCURN A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Surviving the grind
This study draws on nearly 2 years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor, young, black women in urban space. Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young women living in the inner-city and the innovative strategies they develop to navigate daily life in this setting. The accounts from young women in this study reveal the different types of formal and in…
The Grind
Keeping it Fresh”
Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young African American women and their creative strategies for negotiating daily life in distressed neighborhoods. This study draws on nearly two years of field research in East Oakland, California, to provide an ethnographic account of how young Black women negotiate daily life amid poverty and social isolation while managing the emotional impact of stigma associated with poverty. The acco…
The Grind
The Grind by Alexis S. McCurn is an account of the inventive survival strategies utilized by black women in East Oakland, California to navigate daily microinteractional assaults (MIAs) in the context of gendered and racialized poverty. Although McCurn’s research focuses on face-to-face microaggressions, her work also provides an analysis of the structural forces that shape the daily encounters that occur within impoverished urban communities. Mc…
I Am Not a Prostitute”
Few scholars have examined the collective experiences of young African American women living in the inner city and their strategies for navigating daily life there. I draw on nearly two years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor young black women in urban public space1. I uncover a particular and routine type of public encounter, street-based micro-interactional assault…
Keeping it Fresh”
Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young African American women and their creative strategies for negotiating daily life in distressed neighborhoods. This study draws on nearly two years of field research in East Oakland, California, to provide an ethnographic account of how young Black women negotiate daily life amid poverty and social isolation while managing the emotional impact of stigma associated with poverty. The acco…
I Am Not a Prostitute”
Few scholars have examined the collective experiences of young African American women living in the inner city and their strategies for navigating daily life there. I draw on nearly two years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor young black women in urban public space1. I uncover a particular and routine type of public encounter, street-based micro-interactional assault…
Surviving the grind
This study draws on nearly 2 years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor, young, black women in urban space. Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young women living in the inner-city and the innovative strategies they develop to navigate daily life in this setting. The accounts from young women in this study reveal the different types of formal and in…
I Am Not a Prostitute”
Few scholars have examined the collective experiences of young African American women living in the inner city and their strategies for navigating daily life there. I draw on nearly two years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor young black women in urban public space1. I uncover a particular and routine type of public encounter, street-based micro-interactional assault…
The Grind
Keeping it Fresh”
Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young African American women and their creative strategies for negotiating daily life in distressed neighborhoods. This study draws on nearly two years of field research in East Oakland, California, to provide an ethnographic account of how young Black women negotiate daily life amid poverty and social isolation while managing the emotional impact of stigma associated with poverty. The acco…
The Grind
The Grind by Alexis S. McCurn is an account of the inventive survival strategies utilized by black women in East Oakland, California to navigate daily microinteractional assaults (MIAs) in the context of gendered and racialized poverty. Although McCurn’s research focuses on face-to-face microaggressions, her work also provides an analysis of the structural forces that shape the daily encounters that occur within impoverished urban communities. Mc…
Surviving the grind
This study draws on nearly 2 years of field research in Central East Oakland, CA, to provide an ethnographic account of the daily experiences of poor, young, black women in urban space. Few scholars have explored the collective experiences of young women living in the inner-city and the innovative strategies they develop to navigate daily life in this setting. The accounts from young women in this study reveal the different types of formal and in…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Negotiation (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Black women (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Grind (2 works)