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Cultivating Capital: Latino Newcomer Young Men in a U . S . Urban High School
Author(s) -
Hopkins Megan,
MartinezWenzl Mary,
Aldana Ursula S.,
Gándara Patricia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12026
Subject(s) - social capital , cultural capital , immigration , sociology , capital (architecture) , educational attainment , capital city , gender studies , economic growth , social science , political science , geography , economic geography , archaeology , law , economics
Newcomer young men confront numerous obstacles that limit their chances for attainment and achievement. Using social and cultural capital frameworks and a case study methodology, this article examines how four Latino newcomer young men navigated an urban U . S . high school. It reveals how teachers and a counselor cultivated capital and how the young men leveraged this capital, thus challenging traditional depictions of L atino immigrant adolescents and highlighting the importance of belonging for these youth.
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