The Self-Transformations of African American Achievers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2330296
AutoresAnnette Hemmings (0009-0004-3590-5165, University of Cincinnati, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas330-368
Data de publicação1998-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoYouth & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0044118x98029003004
OpenAlexW2050247148
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas19

Ethnographic case studies of three African American student achievers attending desegregated urban high schools are analyzed in terms of theories in the new cultural pluralism in educational anthropology. The achievers are described as they sought to transform their 'multiple selves' as Black persons, as women and men, and as members of social classes in transition between the 'multiple worlds' of their families, schooling, and peers. They accomplished their self-transformations through the use of contrasting strategies of self-negation, self-fragmentation, and self-synthesis that were adapted in response to conflicting cultural expectations. This investigation offers crucial insights into the nature and consequences of the identity work of African American youths in urban educational contexts

African american · Cultural pluralism · Ethnography · Identity (music) · Negation · Self-concept · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology