Warikoo, Natasha Kumar,

Balancing acts : youth culture in the global city / Natasha Kumar Warikoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xviii, 224 p.

Understanding cultural incorporation -- Music and style: Americanization or globalization? -- Racial authenticity, "acting black," and cultural consumption -- Two types of racial discrimination: adult exclusion and peer bullying -- Positive attitudes and (some) negative behaviors -- Balancing acts: peer status and academic orientations -- Ethnic and racial boundaries -- Explaining youth cultures, improving academic achievement. HKBU library

YT2025 M

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Youth--Social life and customs
Children of immigrants
High school students--Social life and customs
Assimilation (Sociology)
Academic achievement
Group identity

HQ796 / W253 B 2011