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THE SOURCES AND INFLUENCES OF CULTURAL HETEROGENEITY:
EXAMINING THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO TEENAGERS
IN A LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD
by
Randall F. Clemens
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(EDUCATION)
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Randall F. Clemens
Object Description
| Title | The sources and Influences of cultural heterogeneity: examining the lives of African American and Latino teenagers in a low-income neighborhood |
| Author | Clemens, Randall F. |
| Author email | rfclemens@gmail.com;rfclemens@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-07-05 |
| Date submitted | 2012-08-09 |
| Date approved | 2012-08-09 |
| Restricted until | 2012-08-09 |
| Date published | 2012-08-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Tierney, William G. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette |
| Abstract | Since the publication of W.E.B. Du Bois’ (1996 [1899]) The Philadelphia Negro, scholars have conducted neighborhood studies to examine a range of social issues including crime, homelessness, and concentrated poverty. The present ethnographic study continues this sociological tradition in order to examine how cultural heterogeneity—the multiplicity of cultural beliefs, behaviors, and practices—affects the educational outcomes of male teenagers in a low-income neighborhood. The purpose of this study is to examine cultural heterogeneity vis-à-vis the sources and influences of neighborhood social and cultural capital. In other words, when teenagers are not in school, where, with whom, and for what purpose do they spend their time, and how do the exchanges influence educational outcomes? The author’s argument is twofold: First, the neighborhood houses vast amounts of cultural heterogeneity that explain inequitable educational outcomes among teenagers. Second, a teenager’s access to and practice of dominant social and cultural capital will increase his likelihood for positive academic outcomes and the development of a college-going identity, defined as an individual’s ability and willingness to navigate diverse social worlds. ❧ The author’s goal is to illustrate the manifold pathways to and away from postsecondary education that African American and Latino teenagers encounter as a result of growing up in a low-income neighborhood. The study, using a surplus perspective, emphasizes the diverse forms of capital teenagers possess, limited forms of capital the educational system values, and the cultural mismatch that occurs as a result. The study tests and refines a theoretical framework that better accounts for and explains cultural heterogeneity in the 21st century. |
| Keyword | at-risk students; ethnography; neighborhood ethnography; neighborhoods; poverty; college access; secondary education; African American students; Latino students; qualitative research; low-income neighborhoods; symbolic capital; culture; cultural heterogeneity; social capital; cultural capital; identity; cultural homogeneity; Bourdieu; non-dominant symbolic capital; dominant symbolic capital; participant observations; interviews; document analysis; cultural diversity; cultural surplus; high school males; male achievement; non-dominant cultural capital; non-dominant social capital; concerted learning; concerted cultivation; resource brokerage; college-going identity; resource brokers; surplus perspective; cultural mismatch |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Clemens, Randall F. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-ClemensRan-1151.pdf |
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| Full text | THE SOURCES AND INFLUENCES OF CULTURAL HETEROGENEITY: EXAMINING THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO TEENAGERS IN A LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD by Randall F. Clemens A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (EDUCATION) August 2012 Copyright 2012 Randall F. Clemens |
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