Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules–based largely on an individual’s ability to command respect–is a powerful and pervasive form of etiquette, governing the way in which people learn to negotiate public spaces. Elijah Anderson’s incisive book delineates the code and examines it as a response to the lack of jobs that pay a living wage, to the stigma of race, to rampant drug use, to alienation and lack of hope.

Author: Elijah Anderson
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/2000
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.47w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780393320787
Language: English