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Whistling Vivaldi : how stereotypes affect us and what we can do / Claude M. Steele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steele, Claude M., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stereotypes (Social psychology).
- Group identity.
- Discrimination.
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2010]
- Summary:
- Nothing explains this tour de force better than the title itself, which refers to the revealing story of a young black man who realizes that he can defuse the fears of white people by whistling melodies from Vivaldi. Whistling Vivaldi provides a necessary blueprint for reshaping American identity.-back cover.
- Contents:
- An introduction : at the root of identity
- A mysterious link between identity and intellectual performance
- Stereotype threat comes to light, and in more than one group
- A broader view of identity : in the lives of Anatole Broyard, Amin Maalouf, and the rest of us
- The many experiences of stereotype threat
- Identity threat and the efforting life
- The mind on stereotype threat : racing and overloaded
- The strength of stereotype threat : the role of cues
- Reducing identity and stereotype threat : a new hope
- The distance between us : the role of identity threat
- Conclusion : identity as a bridge between us.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393339726
- 9780393339727
- 9780393062496
- 039306249X
- OCLC:
- 1142751508
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