Skin color and identity formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth

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 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 r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fergus, Edward, 1974- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge 2004.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Latino communities.
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Education (Secondary) > Michigan > Detroit > Case studies.
Puerto Ricans > Education (Secondary) > Michigan > Detroit > Case studies.
Mexican American youth > Race identity > Michigan > Detroit > Case studies.
Puerto Rican youth > Race identity > Michigan > Detroit > Case studies.
Mexican American youth > Michigan > Detroit > Attitudes.
Puerto Rican youth > Michigan > Detroit > Attitudes.
Urban high schools > Michigan > Detroit.
Human skin color > Social aspects > United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429698906719
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (206 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135931292
9781135931308
9781280168321
9780203338247

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