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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Series: | Latino communities.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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.