Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city / Natasha Kumar Warikoo.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. Description: xviii, 224 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780520262119; 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): 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 | London, England -- Social life and customs | New York, USA -- Social life and customsDDC classification: 305.235086/91209421 LOC classification: HQ796. | W267 2011
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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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.