The oppositional culture theory /
This book explores the black/white achievement gap in America and Great Britain, gaining understanding through black bourgeois living and the labeled pathologies of the black underclass, and arguing that the social functions of the dominating black consciousness are the locus of causality for the ac...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
University Press of America Inc.,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book explores the black/white achievement gap in America and Great Britain, gaining understanding through black bourgeois living and the labeled pathologies of the black underclass, and arguing that the social functions of the dominating black consciousness are the locus of causality for the achievement gap. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 138 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761850144 0761850147 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
