03658nam 2200757 a 450 991046313660332120200520144314.01-283-27736-097866132773670-520-94779-710.1525/9780520947795(CKB)2670000000355334(EBL)646812(OCoLC)707924295(SSID)ssj0000467139(PQKBManifestationID)11321851(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467139(PQKBWorkID)10465944(PQKB)10703517(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084808(MiAaPQ)EBC646812(OCoLC)781306493(MdBmJHUP)muse31040(DE-B1597)519151(DE-B1597)9780520947795(Au-PeEL)EBL646812(CaPaEBR)ebr10443367(CaONFJC)MIL327736(EXLCZ)99267000000035533420100408d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBalancing acts[electronic resource] youth culture in the global city /Natasha Kumar WarikooBerkeley University of California Press20111 online resource (244 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26210-7 0-520-26211-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 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.YouthSocial life and customsCross-cultural studiesChildren of immigrantsCross-cultural studiesHigh school studentsSocial life and customsCross-cultural studiesAssimilation (Sociology)Academic achievementCross-cultural studiesGroup identityCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.YouthSocial life and customsChildren of immigrantsHigh school studentsSocial life and customsAssimilation (Sociology)Academic achievementGroup identity305.235086/91209421Warikoo Natasha Kumar1973-791419MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463136603321Balancing Acts1768841UNINA