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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Sociology and memoirs are a difficult combination Sep 07, 2009
Memoirs are usually judged on the quality of the writing. Sociological texts are generally judged on the quality of their research and the utility of their conclusions. A sociologist writing a memoir with himself and his life as his point of study runs into a number of problems both ways, and Dalton's book unfortunately suffers from them all.
I found the stories he spins were often very interesting and engagingly written, but irritatingly undermined by the tone imposed when he, as a thirty year old PhD, tries to re-view the world through his eight year old self's eyes. Sometimes it elucidates, but generally it breaks the reality he's created.
On the sociology side, this book won't add much to the way we view race, youth, or urban landscapes. Few conclusions are put forth, and the obvious difficulties of drawing useful conclusions, even statements, from a single first-person narrative are quite present.
But this book wasn't really supposed to be a sociological treatise, I suspect. All the more unfortunate, then, that Dalton didn't just write a memoir - he's most of the way to a good one of those.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great Book, Great Arrival Apr 07, 2009
This is a great book and it arrived in great condition.
I definitely recommend this read!
honky Mar 24, 2009
I read this book for a sociology class,I must say ,I'am quite impress to say the least.Overall I think the book gives a perspective of growing up a minority in the inner city .Dalton also talks about being white,poor and growing up in a tough neigboorhood.Shows a different side then what we are use to hearing about the inner city.Did I enjoy reading the book for the sake of reading?no but if you are a fan of stories of this calibur than you will like honky!
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Brilliant Memoir with Bright Insights! Jun 05, 2007
Honky is a memoir in which Dalton Conley reflects on his youth. He tells of his position that seems so peculiar and uncommon: a white minority. What is so great about this book is that it is a lesson in racial and social stratification; however, by weaving wit, wisdom, and analysis, Conley makes it feel as though it is just a novel. This is a true example of making academic analysis personal and exciting to read, something we do not see too much of these days.
I was first inspired to read this book after taking Dalton Conley's Introduction to Sociology Course at NYU. He makes his presence known in person as well as the fact that he makes his voice come through the pages of Honky.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
W/O objectification May 28, 2007
This was one of the greatest reads that I had come across on the close examination of 'how races are lived in US'. Due to the nature of the author's profession (a sociologist), the handle of it is skillful and clinical as possible when he gets down to the subject of 'how people lived in NYC'. And the huge part of it is inevitably about races. The triumphe of this project is that the author somehow manages to carry the whole process out without objectifying the subject or dehumanizing people who are involved because he includes himself as the huge part of the experiment, the project and THE LIFE in NYC in 80's. To his eyes, himself as an only white kid among predominantly Black and hispanic kids or Chinese school system in lower Manhattan is just another life in the time and the place. The persepective he carries through the book is literally so rare that I am astonished to learn what a treasure he has had. I do appreciate the fact that he has incorporated the whole experiences to make it really accessible to indiscriminate readers.
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