Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city /

Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city /

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Author / Creator:Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
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.
Academic achievement.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Children of immigrants.
Group identity.
High school students -- Social life and customs.
Youth -- Social life and customs.
Cross-cultural studies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246974
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ISBN:9780520947795
0520947797
9780520262102
0520262107
9780520262119
0520262115
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture -- the clothing, music, and tough talk -- to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives. Using ethnographic, survey, and interview data in two racially diverse, low-achieving high schools, Warikoo analyzes seemingly oppositional styles, tastes in music, and school behaviors and finds that most teens try to find a balance between success with peers and success in school.
Other form:Print version: Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973- Balancing acts. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520262102

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