Balancing acts: youth culture in the global city/ Natasha Kumar Warikoo.

By: Warikoo, Natasha KumarMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780520262119 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Youth -- Social life and customs | Children of immigrants | High school students -- Social life and customs | Assimilation (Sociology) | Academic achievement | Group identityDDC classification: 305.235
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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General Books General Books Central Library, Sikkim University
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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.

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