Invisible in Austin : life and labor in an American city /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Auyero, Javier (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Marginality, Social > Texas > Austin. Austin (Tex.) > Social conditions. Austin (Tex.) > Economic conditions. Poor > Texas > Austin. Minorities > Texas > Austin.

Table of 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.