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

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

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The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fergus, Edward, 1974- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge 2004.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Latino communities.
Materias:
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.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429698906719
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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