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Skin color and identity formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth / Edward Fergus.
Material type:
TextSeries: Latino communitiesPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resource (xx, 183 pages)Content type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780203338247
- 9781135931254
- 9781135931292
- 9781135931308
- Mexican Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies
- Puerto Ricans -- Education (Secondary) -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies
- Mexican American youth -- Race identity -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies
- Puerto Rican youth -- Race identity -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies
- Mexican American youth -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Attitudes
- Puerto Rican youth -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Attitudes
- Urban high schools -- Michigan -- Detroit
- Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States
- 373.18296872073 F352
- LC2688.D48 F47 2004
Contents:
Mapping explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification -- Methods -- Portraits of self-identification -- Negotiating identification with other students and teachers -- Perceptions of life chances -- Conceptualizing and navigating the school space -- Toward an understanding of the educational implications of skin color variation.
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Mapping explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification -- Methods -- Portraits of self-identification -- Negotiating identification with other students and teachers -- Perceptions of life chances -- Conceptualizing and navigating the school space -- Toward an understanding of the educational implications of skin color variation.
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