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Warikoo Natasha Kumar <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Balancing acts [[electronic resource] ] : youth culture in the global city / / Natasha Kumar Warikoo |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27736-0 |
9786613277367 |
0-520-94779-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Youth - Social life and customs |
Children of immigrants |
High school students - Social life and customs |
Assimilation (Sociology) |
Academic achievement |
Group identity |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Understanding cultural incorporation -- Music and style: Americanization or globalization? -- Racial authenticity, "acting black," and cultural consumption -- Two types of racial discrimination: adult exclusion and peer bullying -- Positive attitudes and (some) negative behaviors -- Balancing acts: peer status and academic orientations -- Ethnic and racial boundaries -- Explaining youth cultures, improving academic achievement. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 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 |
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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. |
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