Mixed race students in college : the ecology of race, identity, and community on campus /
"Kristen A. Renn offers a new perspective on racial identity in the United States, that of mixed race college students making sense of the paradox of deconstructing racial categories while living on campuses sharply divided by race and ethnicity. Focusing on how peer culture shapes identity in...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2004.
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| Series: | SUNY series, frontiers in education.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | "Kristen A. Renn offers a new perspective on racial identity in the United States, that of mixed race college students making sense of the paradox of deconstructing racial categories while living on campuses sharply divided by race and ethnicity. Focusing on how peer culture shapes identity in public and private spaces, the book presents the findings of a qualitative research study involving fifty-six undergraduates from a variety of institutions. Renn uses an innovative ecology model to examine campus peer cultures and documents five patterns of multiracial identity that illustrate possibilities for integrating notions of identity construction (and deconstruction) with the highly salient nature of race in higher education. One of the most ambitious scholarly attempts to date to portray the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students, the book also discusses implications for higher education practice, policy, theory, and research."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423740009 9781423740001 0791461637 9780791461631 0791461645 9780791461648 9780791484708 079148470X |
