Edward Fergus

Skin Color and Identity Formation

Perception of Opportunity and Academic Orientation Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780415651714
• ISBN-10: 0415651719
• Artikelnr.: 36622634

Autorenporträt

Edward Fergus

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface List of Tables Introduction 1. Theoretical
Background 2. Methodology 3. Constructing Ethnicity: The Significance of
Self-Identification and Culture 4. Teachers Say I Can Pass For Anything,
Except White: Skin Color and External Identification 5. The Implications of
Skin Color in Perceptions of Opportunity 6. Skin Color Differences in
Academic Orientation 7. Discussion and Conclusion Appendices Bibliography