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

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Children, White -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century White people -- Race identity -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area High school students, White -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century Race awareness in children -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers. Race awareness in children Race relations White people -- Race identity Jugend High school Ethnische Identität SUBJECT San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Race relations Subject California -- San Francisco Bay Area Kalifornien San Francisco Bay -- Region Weiße. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001051138 ISBN 9780822383659 0822383659 1282920200 9781282920200 9786612920202 6612920203

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