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Columns::January 14, 2002

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Professor chronicles tavern talk

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On Chicago’s South Side, in the heart of a middle-class African-American neighborhood, men gather after work to talk about their day and their lives. The setting is Trena’s, a popular local watering hole where the conversation quickly turns to the hot topics of the day: race, the workplace, social class, sex, the media and family. In this setting, these men relax, open up and reveal themselves to the staff and their fellow patrons with remarkable frankness.
Written by UGA assistant professor of sociology Reuben May, Talking at Trena’s reveals how these men--whose economic and social status is precarious--understand the racial dynamics of American society. Readers learn about how they handle the racism and class bias that impacts their jobs, their social interactions with peers and their relationships with loved ones. Their conversations frequently turn to television and how blacks and whites are represented, how it deals with men and women and how it shapes their perception of life.

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