{"product_id":"race-in-the-schoolyard-9780813532257","title":"Race in the Schoolyard","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text takes the reader inside children's classrooms and reveals the lessons about race that are communicated there, both implicitly and explicitly. It examines how ideas about race and racial inequality take shape and are passed along in the classroom and schoolyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this pioneering ethnography in elementary schools, Lewis shows brilliantly how racism is taught and learned in the small places of everyday life. -- Joe Feagin * University of Florida and author of Racist America *\u003cbr\u003eA wonderful and timely book. Ethnographically rich, theoretically sophisticated, and clearly written, this book addresses the ubiquitous issue of race in all its complexity. -- MichFle Foster * author of Black Teachers on Teaching *\u003cbr\u003eA compelling ethnography of the racial landscape of contemporary schools. -- Barrie Thorne * author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School *\u003cbr\u003eRace in the Schoolyard is a wonderful book for social scientists studying race, education, and childhood studies. The book showcases the talents of a gifted fieldworker whose theoretically rich work sits on the cutting edge of a growing body of scholarship examining the social worlds of children. School officials, parents, and, most especially, a new generation of teachers will benefit from these lessons on race. * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003eInstructors may recommend this book to students to whom the topic is surely vital and engrossing and for whom the text will be lively and engaging. * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003eLewis moves beyond traditional research methods used to examine achievement gaps and differences in test scores to look closely at the realities of schooling. I highly recommend this work for every person involved in teaching and learning. * Multicultural Review *\u003cbr\u003eThrough eloquent case studies of three California elementary schools-a white-majority 'good' school, a mostly minority 'tough' school, and an integrated 'alternative' school-[Lewis] demonstrates that schools promote racial inequalities through their daily rituals and practices. Even the notion of a \"color-blind\" America-an especially popular ideal in the white school-perpetuates racism, Lewis argues, because it denies or dismisses the very real constraints that schools place on minorities. Lewis is nevertheless an optimist, insisting that schools can change ideas of race. . . . Highly recommended. Undergraduate collections and above. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ONE Examining  the Color Line in Schools\u003cbr\u003e TWOThere is No Race in the Schoolyard: Color-Blind Ideology at Foresthills\u003cbr\u003e THREE Struggling with Dangerous Subjects: Race at West City Elementary\u003cbr\u003e FOUR Breaking the Silence: Race, Culture, Language, and Power at Metro2\u003cbr\u003e FIVE Learning and Living Racial Boundaries: Constructing and Negotiating Racial Identity in School\u003cbr\u003e SIXSchooling and the Social Reproduction of Racial Inequality\u003cbr\u003e SEVEN Schools as Race-Making Institutions\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX Research Methods: Stories from the Field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768152031575,"sku":"9780813532257","price":26.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813532257.jpg?v=1758716580","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/race-in-the-schoolyard-9780813532257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}