Contesting stereotypes and creating identities : social categories, social identities, and educational participation / Andrew J. Fuligni, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuligni, Andrew J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational sociology--United States.

Educational sociology.

United States.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Education.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Group identity--United States.

Group identity.

Physical Description:

viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction / Andrew J. Fuligni

Past as present, present as past: historicizing black education and interrogating "integration" / Anne Galletta and William E. Cross, Jr.

Essentialism and cultural narratives: a social-marginality perspective / Ramaswami Mahalingam

Relations among social identities, intergroup attitudes, and schooling: perspectives from intergroup theory and research / Meagan M. Patterson and Rebecca S. Bigler

Racial-ethnic identity: content and consequences for African American, Latino, and Latina youths / Daphna Oyserman, Daniel Brickman, and Marjorie Rhodes

Social identity, stereotype threat, and self-theories / Catherine Good, Carol S. Dweck, and Joshua Aronson

Ethnicity, ethnic identity, and school valuing among children from immigrant and non-immigrant families / Jason S. Lawrence, Meredith Bachman, and Diane N. Ruble

Women of color in college: effects of identity and context on contingent self-worth / Julie A. Garcia and Jennifer Crocker

The meaning of "blackness": how black students differentially align race and achievement across time and space / Carla O'Connor, Sonia DeLuca Fernández, and Brian Girard

The role of peers, families, and ethnic-identity enactments in educational persistence and achievement of Latino and Latina youths / Elizabeth Birr Moje and Magdalena Martinez

Family identity and the educational persistence of students with Latin American and Asian backgrounds / Andrew J. Fuligni, Gwendelyn J. Rivera, and April Leininger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780871542984

0871542986

OCLC:

76897630