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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Pamela, 1955-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children, White--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Social conditions--20th century.

Children, White.

White people--Race identity--California--San Francisco Bay Area.

White people.

High school students, White--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Social conditions--20th century.

High school students, White.

Race awareness in children--California--San Francisco Bay Area.

Race awareness in children.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Race relations.

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-92020-0

9786612920202

0-8223-8365-9

OCLC:

850217242