ISBN:
9780520280014
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (295 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women without Class : Girls, Race, and Identity
DDC:
305.235
Keywords:
Children, White -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Teenage girls, White -- Race identity -- California
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Teenage girls, White -- California -- Social conditions
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Mexican American teenage girls -- Race identity -- California
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Mexican American teenage girls -- California -- Social conditions
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Children, White ; California ; San Francisco Bay Area ; Social conditions ; 20th century
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Mexican American teenage girls ; California ; Social conditions
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Mexican American teenage girls ; Race identity ; California
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Teenage girls, White ; California ; Social conditions
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Teenage girls, White ; Race identity ; California
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In this examination of white and Mexican-American girls coming of age in California''s Central Valley-now with a new introduction-Julie Bettie turns class theory on its head, offering new tools for understanding the ways in which identity is constructed in relationship to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.Documenting the categories of subculture and style that high school students use to understand their differences, Bettie depicts the complex identity performances of contemporary girls. The title, Women Without Class, refers at once to young working-class women who have little cultural c
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the 2014 Edition; 1. Portraying Waretown High; 2. Women without Class; 3. How Working-Class Chicas Get Working-Class Lives; 4. Hard-Living Habitus, Settled-Living Resentment; 5. Border Work between Classes; 6. Sameness, Difference, and Alliance; 7. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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