Balancing acts: youth culture in the global city/
Warikoo, Natasha Kumar
Balancing acts: youth culture in the global city/ Natasha Kumar Warikoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780520262119 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Youth--Social life and customs
Children of immigrants
High school students--Social life and customs
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement
Group identity
305.235 / WAR/B
Balancing acts: youth culture in the global city/ Natasha Kumar Warikoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780520262119 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Youth--Social life and customs
Children of immigrants
High school students--Social life and customs
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement
Group identity
305.235 / WAR/B