Skin color and identity formation perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth /
The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin colour moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of seventeen Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students.
Main Author: | Fergus, Edward, 1974- |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
Series: |
Latino communities.
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Online Access: |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.