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Urban girls revisited : building strengths /
Urban Girls, published in 1996, was one of the first volumes to showcase the lives of girls growing up in contexts of urban poverty and sometimes racism and violence. It spoke directly to young women who, often for the first time, were seeing their own stories and those of their friends explained in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2007]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : urban girls : building strengths, creating momentum / Bonnie J. Leadbeater
- Part I. Resituating positive development for urban adolescent girls ; The many faces of urban girls : features of positive development in early adolescence / Richard M. Lerner, Erin Phelps, Amy Alberts, Yulika Forman, and Elise D. Christiansen
- From urban girls to resilient women : studying adaptation across development in the context of adversity / Anne Shaffer, Brianna Coffino, Kristen Boelcke-Stennes, and Ann S. Masten
- Part II. Safe spaces revisited ; Makin' homes : an urban girl thing / Jennifer Pastor, Jennifer McCormick, and Michelle Fine with Ruth Andolsen, Nora Friedman, Nikki Richardson, Tanzania Roach, and Marina Tavarez
- "They are like a friend" : othermothers creating empowering, school-based community living rooms in Latina and Latino middle schools / Nancy López and Chalane E. Lechuga
- To stay or to leave? how do mentoring groups support healthy dating relationships in high-risk girls? / Elizabeth Banister and Bonnie J. Leadbeater
- Caring connections : mentoring relationships in the lives of urban girls / Jean E. Rhodes, Anita A. Davis, Leslie R. Prescott, and Renée Spencer
- Latina girls : "We're like sisters--most times!" / Jill McLean Taylor, Carmen N. Veloria, and Martina C. Verba
- Part III. Culture, parents, and protection ; Changes in African American mother-daughter relationships during adolescence : conflict, autonomy, and warmth / Catherine L. Costigan, Ana Mari Cauce, and Kenyatta Etchison
- The "good" news and the "bad" news : the "Americanization" of Hmong girls / Stacey J. Lee
- Part IV. Resistance : personal and political ; "Don't die with your work balled up in your fists" : contesting social injustice through participatory research / María Elena Torre, Michelle Fine, Natasha Alexander, and Emily Genao
- Uncovering truths, recovering lives : lessons of resistance in the socialization of Black girls / Janie Victoria Ward
- Part V. Claiming sexuality in relationships : taking stock and gaining control ; "If you let me play..." : does high school physical activity reduce urban young adult women's sexual risks? / Allison J. Tracy and Sumru Erkut
- Condom use among sexually active Latina girls in alternative high schools / Jill Denner and Karin Coyle
- Girl-on-girl sexuality / Ritch C. Savin-Williams
- Part VI. When adversity is overwhelming--then what? ; Understanding health disparities among female street youth / Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson, and Murray Anderson
- Businesswomen in urban life / Carl S. Taylor, Pamela R. Smith, and Virgil A. Taylor.