No Shame in My Game Paperback by Katherine S. Newman

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (2000-04-25)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 416 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780375703799
• Item Weight: 311.08 grams
• Dimensions: 20.24 x 13.13 x 2.18 cm

"Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a desperate shortage of even low-paying jobs. By intimately following the lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two yearsin Harlem, Newman explores a side of poverty often ignored by media and politicians--the working poor.

The working poor find dignity in earning a paycheck and shunning the welfare system, arguing that even low-paying jobs give order to their lives. No Shame in My Game gives voice to a misrepresented segment of today's society, and is sure to spark dialogue over the issues surrounding poverty, working and welfare.

About the Author

Katherine Newman is a professor at Harvard University.