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.
Youth--Social life and customs Children of immigrants High school students--Social life and customs Assimilation (Sociology) Academic achievement Group identity