Skin Color and Identity Formation: Perception of Opportunity and Academic Orientation Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth

Skin Color and Identity Formation: Perception of Opportunity and Academic Orientation Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth - Latino Communities : Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues

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Publisher's Synopsis

The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in relation to how they perceive others situate them based on skin color.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415949705
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 373.18296872073
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 183
Weight: 540g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 19mm