Skin color and identity formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth /

The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin colour moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of seventeen Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fergus, Edward, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:Latino communities.
Temas:
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.
High schools > Michigan > Detroit.
Colorism > United States.
Human skin color > Social aspects > United States.
Urban high schools > Michigan > Detroit.
Mexican American youth > Michigan > Detroit > Ethnic identity > Case studies.
Puerto Rican youth > Michigan > Detroit > Ethnic identity > Case studies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Enseignement secondaire > Michigan > Detroit > Études de cas.
Portoricains > Enseignement secondaire > Michigan > Detroit > Études de cas.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Michigan > Detroit > Études de cas.
Jeunesse portoricaine > Identité ethnique > Michigan > Detroit > Études de cas.
Jeunesse américaine d'origine mexicaine > Michigan > Detroit > Attitudes.
Jeunesse portoricaine > Michigan > Detroit > Attitudes.
Écoles secondaires urbaines > Michigan > Detroit.
Couleur de la peau > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Écoles secondaires > Michigan > Detroit.
Colorisme > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
High schools
Colorism
Human skin color > Social aspects
Mexican American youth > Attitudes
Mexican Americans > Education (Secondary)
Puerto Ricans > Education (Secondary)
Urban high schools
Michigan > Detroit
United States
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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