The Hidden Life of Girls : Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion Paperback / softback
by Majorie Harness (University of California, Los Angeles) Goodwin
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture series
Paperback / softback
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Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds. Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each otherExamines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groupsDocuments the language practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully othersPart of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:17/11/2006
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- ISBN:9780631234258
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:17/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780631234258
