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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- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781135931292
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203338247, 9780415949705, 9780415949705, 9780415651714, 9780415651714
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 05/04/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor & Francis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.