College Students'' Experiences of Power and Marginality - Sharing Spaces and Negotiating Differences

This contributed book explores what actually happens on campus as students from an increasingly wide range of backgrounds enroll and share space.

List of contents

Introduction: Power and Marginality on Campus
Elizabeth M. Lee
Part One: Identities in Practice

1. At the intersection of race and class: An autoethnographic study on the experiences of a Southeast Asian American college student Kimberly A. Truong, Tryan L. McMickens, and Ronald E. L. Brown


2. "I Kind of Found My People": Latino/a College Students’ Search for Social Integration on Campus
Sandi Kawecka Nenga, Guillermo A. Alvarado, and Claire S. Blyth


3. Constructing "Hawaiian," Post-Racial Narratives, and Social Boundaries at a Predominantly White University
Daniel Eisen


4. "That’s What Makes Our Friendships Stronger": Supportive Friendships Based on Both Racial Solidarity and Racial Diversity
Janice McCabe
Part Two: Institutional Interactions around Power and Marginality


5. Crisscrossing Boundaries: Variation in Experiences with Class Marginality among Lower-Income, Black Undergraduates at an Elite College
Anthony Abraham Jack


6. Les Miraculés: "The Magical Image of the Permanent Miracle"—Constructed Narratives of Self and Mobility from Working-Class Students at an Elite College
Allison L. Hurst and Deborah M. Warnock


7. Pushed in or Pulled Out? How Organizational Factors Shape the Social and Extra-curricular Experiences of First-generation Students
Jenny M. Stuber


8. Homo Academicus at Play: An Ethnographic Study of Becoming College Men in a First Year Residence Hall
Jane M. Jensen and Karin Ann Lewis


9. Diversity Does Not Mean Equality: De Facto Rules that Maintain Status Inequality among Black and White Fraternity Men
Rashawn Ray and Bryant Best


10. Being "the Gay" on Campus: Developing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Queer identities in a college context

Elizabeth M. Lee and Chaise LaDousa

About the author

Elizabeth M. Lee is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University.
Chaise LaDousa is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College.

Summary

This contributed book explores what actually happens on campus as students from an increasingly wide range of backgrounds enroll and share space.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth M. (Ohio University Lee
• Assisted by: Chaise Ladousa (Editor), LaDousa Chaise (Editor), Elizabeth M. Lee (Editor), Lee Elizabeth M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2015
• EAN: 9781138785540
• ISBN: 978-1-138-78554-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; EDUCATION / General, Moral and social purpose of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Social groups, communities and identities