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Author Lewis, Amanda E., 1970-

Title Race in the schoolyard : negotiating the color line in classrooms and communities / Amanda E. Lewis.

Imprint New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.43 L585r 2003    ---  Available
Description xiii, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Rutgers series in childhood studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index.
Contents Examining the color line in schools -- There is no race in the schoolyard : color-blind ideology at Foresthills -- Struggling with dangerous subjects : race at West City Elementary -- Breaking the silence : race, culture, language, and power at Metro2 -- Learning and living racial boundaries : constructing and negotiating racial identity in school -- Schooling and the social reproduction of racial inequality -- Schools as race-making institutions -- Appendix: Research methods : stories from the field.
Subject Discrimination in education.
Students -- Social conditions.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 0813532256 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813532248 (alk. paper)

 
    
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