No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City

"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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 04/25/2000
ISBN: 9780375703799
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.16w x 0.90d
Award: Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - Winner
Award: Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) - Honorable Mention