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Balancing acts [[electronic resource] ] : youth culture in the global city / / Natasha Kumar Warikoo



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Autore: Warikoo Natasha Kumar <1973-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Balancing acts [[electronic resource] ] : youth culture in the global city / / Natasha Kumar Warikoo Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
Disciplina: 305.235086/91209421
Soggetto topico: Youth - Social life and customs
Children of immigrants
High school students - Social life and customs
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement
Group identity
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Balancing Acts  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27736-0
9786613277367
0-520-94779-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463136603321
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