Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city /
Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973-
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.
9780520262102 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520262119 (pbk.) RM125.69 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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.
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.
9780520262102 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520262119 (pbk.) RM125.69 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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.