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Contents Contributors vii Introduction 1 Andrew J. Fuligni PART I HOW SOCIAL CATEGORIES AND THEIR MEANINGS SHAPE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS Chapter 1 Past as Present, Present as Past: Historicizing Black Education and Interrogating “Integration” 15 Anne Galletta and William E. Cross, Jr. Chapter 2 Essentialism and Cultural Narratives: A Social-Marginality Perspective 42 Ramaswami Mahalingam Chapter 3 Relations Among Social Identities, Intergroup Attitudes, and Schooling: Perspectives from Intergroup Theory and Research 66 Meagan M. Patterson and Rebecca S. Bigler PART II HOW SOCIAL IDENTITIES FACILITATE OR CHALLENGE ACHIEVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN SCHOOL Chapter 4 Racial-Ethnic Identity: Content and Consequences for African American, Latino, and LatinaYouths 91 Daphna Oyserman, Daniel Brickman, and Marjorie Rhodes Chapter 5 Social Identity, Stereotype Threat, and Self-Theories 115 Catherine Good, Carol S. Dweck, and Joshua Aronson Chapter 6 Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, and School Valuing Among Children from Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Families 136 Jason S. Lawrence, Meredith Bachman, and Diane N. Ruble Chapter 7 Women of Color in College: Effects of Identity and Context on Contingent Self-Worth 160 Julie A. Garcia and Jennifer Crocker PART III HOW SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS MEDIATE THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CATEGORIES AND IDENTITIES Chapter 8 The Meaning of “Blackness”: How Black Students Differentially Align Race and Achievement Across Time and Space 183 Carla O’Connor, Sonia DeLuca Fernández, and Brian Girard Chapter 9 The Role of Peers, Families, and Ethnic-Identity Enactments in Educational Persistence and Achievement of Latino and Latina Youths 209 Elizabeth Birr Moje and Magdalena Martinez Chapter 10 Family Identity and the Educational Persistence of Students with Latin American and Asian Backgrounds 239 Andrew J. Fuligni, Gwendelyn J. Rivera, and April Leininger Index 265 vi Contents ...

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