Balancing acts
Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-
Balancing acts youth culture in the global city / [electronic resource] : Natasha Kumar Warikoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - xviii, 224 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
HQ796 / .W267 2011eb
305.235086/91209421
Balancing acts youth culture in the global city / [electronic resource] : Natasha Kumar Warikoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - xviii, 224 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
Electronic books.
HQ796 / .W267 2011eb
305.235086/91209421