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Author Fergus, Edward, 1974-

Title Skin color and identity formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth / Edward Fergus.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 183 pages).
Series Latino communities
Latino communities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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.
Note Print version record.
Subject 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.
EDUCATION -- Secondary.
Human skin color -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00963468
Mexican American youth -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst01019063
Mexican Americans -- Education (Secondary) (OCoLC)fst01019101
Puerto Ricans -- Education (Secondary) (OCoLC)fst01083721
Urban high schools. (OCoLC)fst01162458
Michigan -- Detroit. (OCoLC)fst01205010
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Other Form: Print version: Fergus, Edward, 1974- Skin color and identity formation. New York : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2004005188
ISBN 0203338243 (electronic bk.)
9780203338247 (electronic bk.)
041594970X (Cloth)
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