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Author Perry, Pamela, 1955-

Title Shades of white : white kids and racial identities in high school / Pamela Perry.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.2350979 P429s 2002    ---  Available
Description xi, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
Contents School life and social meanings. Valley Groves : "Normal. I'd say I'm just ... normal" -- Clavey High : "There aren't enough white kids here to have many skaters" -- Identity and culture. Situated meanings of "white" as a cultural identity -- Doing identity in style -- Identity and group position. The Million Man March -- The social implications of white identity -- Conclusion: Beyond whiteness.
Summary Through ethnographic research and in-depth interviews of students in two demographically distinct U.S. high schools--one suburban and predominantly white; the other urban, multiracial, and minority white--Perry shares students' candor about race and self-identification.
Subject Children, White -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Whites -- Race identity -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
High school students -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Race awareness in children -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Race relations.
ISBN 0822328925 (pbk.)
0822328771 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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