03603nam 22008174a 450 991034822830332120241107093442.01-135-93129-11-135-93130-51-280-16832-30-203-33824-310.4324/9780203338247 (CKB)1000000000253740(EBL)199658(OCoLC)252999353(SSID)ssj0000246616(PQKBManifestationID)11200123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246616(PQKBWorkID)10194941(PQKB)10516166(Au-PeEL)EBL199658(CaPaEBR)ebr10162929(CaONFJC)MIL16832(MiAaPQ)EBC199658(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30275(ODN)ODN0004040299(EXLCZ)99100000000025374020040305d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSkin color and identity formation perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth /Edward Fergus1st ed.New York Routledge20041 online resource (206 p.)Latino communitiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-65171-9 0-415-94970-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Latino communities.Mexican AmericansEducation (Secondary)MichiganDetroitCase studiesPuerto RicansEducation (Secondary)MichiganDetroitCase studiesMexican American youthRace identityMichiganDetroitCase studiesPuerto Rican youthRace identityMichiganDetroitCase studiesMexican American youthMichiganDetroitAttitudesPuerto Rican youthMichiganDetroitAttitudesUrban high schoolsMichiganDetroitHuman skin colorSocial aspectsUnited StatesMexican AmericansEducation (Secondary)Puerto RicansEducation (Secondary)Mexican American youthRace identityPuerto Rican youthRace identityMexican American youthAttitudes.Puerto Rican youthAttitudes.Urban high schoolsHuman skin colorSocial aspects373.1829/6872073SOC000000SOC008000SOC026000bisacshFergus Edward1974-1357717MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910348228303321Skin Color and Identity Formation3364302UNINA