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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476814503321

Autore

Fergus Edward

Titolo

Skin Color and Identity Formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth / / Edward Fergus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Disciplina

373.18296872073

Soggetti

Mexican American youth - Attitudes

Puerto Ricans - Education (Secondary)

Human skin color - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Mapping Explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification -- 2. Methods -- 3. Portraits of Self-Identification -- 4. Negotiating Identification with Other Students and Teachers -- 5. Perceptions of Life Chances -- 6. Conceptualizing and Navigating the School Space -- 7. Toward an Understanding of the Educational Implications of Skin Colour Variation.

Sommario/riassunto

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 relation to how they perceive others situate them based on skin color.