Skin color and identity formation [electronic resource] : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth / Edward Fergus.
By: Fergus, Edward.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Latino communities: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: xx, 183 p.Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 373.1829/6872073 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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