Pathways to Manhood: Young Black Males Struggle for Identity

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the Transaction Edition -- Preface to the Transaction Edition -- 1 Strategic Styles Individual Responses to Social Reality -- Five Portraits from the City scape -- Meaning and Strategic Styles -- Family Interaction Process. The "Crucible of Identity"--Translating Knowledge into Action -- Research Design and Procedures -- Developing a Typology of Strategic Styles -- Analysis of Data: Five Portraits -- Limits of the Study -- Toward a Synthetie View of Identity -- 2 The Conformist: Keith Sutton -- Moving With. The All Right Guy and the Too-Good Guy -- Self-Characterization. "Just act nice . . -- Characterizations by Others. "He just go like everybody ..." -- Analysis of the Conformist Style -- The Family Matrix -- Critical Messages from Others -- The Impact of Role Models -- Other Issues -- Keith's Alternatives -- Analytical Dimensions -- Conclusion -- 3 The Retreater -- Moving Away. The Withdrawn Kid and the Loner -- Self-Characterization. "This is the story about a lonely boy." -- Characterizations by Others. "He's really very quiet." -- Analysis of the Retreatist Style -- The Family Matrix -- Critical Messages from Others -- The Impact of Role Models -- Other Issues -- Ernie's Alternatives -- Analytical Dimensions -- Conclusion -- 4 The Tough Guy -- Moving Against. The Real Tough Guy and the Troublemaker -- Self-Characterization. "I get all mad ... and wanna fight" -- Characterizations by Others. "He gets a little mean." -- Analysis of the Tough Guy Style -- The Family Matrix -- Critical Messages from Others -- The Impact of Role Models -- Other Issues -- Leroy's Alternatives -- Analytical Dimensions -- Conclusion -- 5 The Actor -- Moving Over. The Put-On and the Con Artist -- Self-Characterization. "Just act like you didn't know what you did