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

• Autore: Renn Kristen A
• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.1/9829/073
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Mixed race students in college
• ISBN: 0-7914-8470-X; 1-4237-4000-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777567503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II