Shades of white
Subtitle: white kids and racial identities in high school
By: Pamela Perry.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Children, White -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Whites -- Race identity -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area; High school students -- 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
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction Part one School Life and Social Meanings 23 1 Valley Groves: "Normal. I'd say I'mjustnormal." 25 2 Clavey High: "There aren't enough white kids here to have many skaters." 44 Part two Identity and Culture 73 3 Situated Meanings of "White" as a Cultural Identity 75 4 Doing Identity in Style 104 Part three Identity and Group Position 133 5 The Million Man March 135 6 The Social Implications of White Identity 150 Conclusion: Beyond Whiteness 80.