Shades of white : white kids and racial identities in high school

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Label

Shades of white : white kids and racial identities in high school

Title remainder

white kids and racial identities in high school

Statement of responsibility

Pamela Perry

Creator

• Perry, Pamela, 1955-
• Perry, Pamela, 1955-

Author

• Perry, Pamela, 1955-
• Perry, Pamela, 1955-

Subject

• Whites -- Race identity -- California | San Francisco Bay Area
• Children, White -- California | San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• High school students, White -- 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

Language

eng

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. By examining the meanings students attached (or didn't attach) to their social lives and everyday cultural practices, including their taste in music and clothes, she shows that the ways white students defined white identity were not only markedly different between the two schools but were considerably diverse and ambiguous within them as well. Challenging reductionist notions of whiteness and white racism, this study suggests how we might go "beyond whiteness" to new directions in antiracist activism and school reform. Shades of White is emblematic of an emerging second wave of whiteness studies that focuses on the racial identity of whites. It will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as to those involved with high school education and antiracist activities

Cataloging source

NcD

Index

index present

LC call number

F868.S156

LC item number

P47 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography