Mothers and Daughters

Abstract

ABSTRACT In many inner-city households, children are simultaneously exposed to substance use, violence, and sexual exploitation. Sadly, these youths often seek solace and escape in the inner-city street subculture, only to find the same problems there. As young adults, these persons typically reproduce the household norms and the street subculture they experienced in their own childhoods. This paper illustrates the processes behind these interconnected phenomena based on detailed ethnographic accounts of two generations of females' experiences from two separate households.