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Balancing acts youth culture in the global city /

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Main Author: Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Youth > Social life and customs > Cross-cultural studies.
Children of immigrants > Cross-cultural studies.
High school students > Social life and customs > Cross-cultural studies.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement > Cross-cultural studies.
Group identity > Cross-cultural studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Understanding cultural incorporation
  • Music and style: Americanization or globalization?
  • Racial authenticity, "acting black," and cultural consumption
  • Two types of racial discrimination: adult exclusion and peer bullying
  • Positive attitudes and (some) negative behaviors
  • Balancing acts: peer status and academic orientations
  • Ethnic and racial boundaries
  • Explaining youth cultures, improving academic achievement.

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