Warikoo, Natasha Kumar,  1973- <br/><br/>
Balancing acts :  youth culture in the global city / 
Natasha Kumar Warikoo. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2011. 
 - xviii, 224 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520262102 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520262107 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520262119 (pbk.)  RM125.69 0520262115 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Youth--Social life and customs--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Children of immigrants--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>High school students--Social life and customs--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Assimilation (Sociology)<br/>Academic achievement--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Group identity--Cross-cultural studies.