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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143264403321

Autore

Goodwin Marjorie Harness

Titolo

The hidden life of girls [[electronic resource] ] : games of stance, status, and exclusion / / Marjorie Harness Goodwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-280-85081-7

9786610850815

0-470-70693-7

0-470-77356-1

1-4051-7829-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Blackwell studies in discourse and culture

Disciplina

302.3/4083

Soggetti

Girls - Social networks

Girls - Psychology

Social interaction in children

Interpersonal relations in children

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-316) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Multimodality, conflict, and rationality in girls' games -- Social dimensions of a popular girls' clique -- Social organization, opposition, and directives in the game of jump rope -- Language practices for indexing social status : stories, descriptions, brags, and comparisons -- Stance and structure in assessment and gossip activity -- Constructing social difference and exclusion in girls' groups.

Sommario/riassunto

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 other Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups Documents the language



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