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Skin color and identity formation : perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation among Mexican and Puerto Rican youth / Edward Fergus.

By: Fergus, Edward, 1974 [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Latino communitiesPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resource (xx, 183 pages)ISBN: 9780203338247; 9781135931254; 9781135931292; 9781135931308Subject(s): Mexican Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies | Puerto Ricans -- Education (Secondary) -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies | Mexican American youth -- Race identity -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies | Puerto Rican youth -- Race identity -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Case studies | Mexican American youth -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Attitudes | Puerto Rican youth -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Attitudes | Urban high schools -- Michigan -- Detroit | Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 373.18296872073 LOC classification: LC2688.D48 | F47 2004Online access: Click here to view.
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Mapping explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification Methods Portraits of self-identification Negotiating identification with other students and teachers Perceptions of life chances Conceptualizing and navigating the school space Toward an understanding of the educational implications of skin color variation.
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Mapping explanations of academic variability and racial/ethnic identification Methods Portraits of self-identification Negotiating identification with other students and teachers Perceptions of life chances Conceptualizing and navigating the school space Toward an understanding of the educational implications of skin color variation.

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