Perry Shades of White

White Kids and Racial Identities in High School
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8365-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

A comparative ethnography in two high schools, one urban and one suburban, that studies the differing notions of whiteness and race that predominate among students at each school.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perry, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part One: School Life and Social Meanings 23

1. Valley Groves: “Normal, I’d say I’m just. normal.” 25

2. Clavey High: “There aren’t enough white kids here to have many skaters." 44

Part Two: Identity and Culture 73

3. Situated Meanings of “White” as a Cultural Identity 75

4. Doing Identity in Style 104

Part Three: Identity and Group Position 133

5. The Million Man March 135

6. The Social Implications of White Identity 150

Conclusion: Beyond Whiteness 180

Appendix: Methods and Reflections 199

Notes 211

Bibliography 243

Index 257

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Perry is Assistant Professor of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.