Balancing Acts : Youth Culture in the Global City /

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In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Identificatie (psychologie)
Immigranten.
Studieresultaten.
Jeugdcultuur.
Youth > Social life and customs.
High school students > Social life and customs.
Group identity.
Children of immigrants.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
Identite collective > Études transculturelles.
Assimilation (Sociologie)
Éleves du secondaire > Moeurs et coutumes > Études transculturelles.
Enfants d'immigrants > Études transculturelles.
Group identity > Cross-cultural studies.
Academic achievement > Cross-cultural studies.
High school students > Social life and customs > Cross-cultural studies.
Children of immigrants > Cross-cultural studies.
Youth > Social life and customs > Cross-cultural studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture -- the clothing, music, and tough talk -- to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives. Using ethnographic, survey, and interview data in two racially diverse, low-achieving high schools, Warikoo analyzes seemingly oppositional styles, tastes in music, and school behaviors and finds that most teens try to find a balance between success with peers and success in school.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780520947795

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