Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city - Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, 1973- (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: 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