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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777567503321

Autore

Renn Kristen A

Titolo

Mixed race students in college : the ecology of race, identity, and community on campus / / Kristen A. Renn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-7914-8470-X

1-4237-4000-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)

Collana

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Disciplina

378.1/9829/073

Soggetti

College students - United States - Attitudes

College environment - United States

Racially mixed people - United States

Race awareness - United States

Education, Higher - Social aspects - United States

Educational surveys - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Kristen A. Renn offers a new perspective on racial identity in the United States, that of mixed race college students making sense of the paradox of deconstructing racial categories while living on campuses sharply divided by race and ethnicity. Focusing on how peer culture shapes identity in public and private spaces, the book presents the findings of a qualitative research study involving fifty-six undergraduates from a variety of institutions. Renn uses an innovative ecology model to examine campus peer cultures and documents five patterns of multiracial identity that illustrate possibilities for integrating notions of identity construction (and deconstruction) with the highly salient nature of race in higher education. One of the most ambitious scholarly attempts to date to portray the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students, the book also discusses



implications for higher education practice, policy, theory, and research."--Jacket