Raised Up Down Yonder attempts to shift focus away from why black
youth are ""problematic"" to explore what their daily lives
actually entail. Howell travels to the small community of Hamilton,
Alabama, to investigate what it is like for a young black person to
grow up in the contemporary rural South. What she finds is that the
young people of Hamilton are neither idly passing their time in a
stereotypically languid setting nor are they being corrupted by
hip-hop culture and the perils of the urban North, as many pundits
suggest. Rather, they are dynamic and diverse young people making
their way through the structures that define the
twenty-first-century South. Told through the poignant stories of
several high school students, Raised Up Down Yonder reveals a group
that is often rendered invisible in society. Blended families,
football sagas, crunk music, expanding social networks, and a
nearby segregated prom are just a few of the fascinating
juxtapositions.
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