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The Hidden Life of Girls
Majorie Harness Goodwin
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Description for The Hidden Life of Girls
Hardcover. * 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. Series: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association
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 practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully others
- Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631234241
SKU
V9780631234241
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99-50
About Majorie Harness Goodwin
Marjorie Harness Goodwin is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA. She is the author of the now-classic He-Said, She-Said: Talk as Social Organization among Black Children (1991). Her primary research interests are on the ethnography of communication, human interaction, conversation analysis, language and gender, workplace ethnography, and children's social organization.
Reviews for The Hidden Life of Girls
"It is impressive how Goodwin entwines an enormous breadth of literature from anthropology, sociology, education and linguistics into a systematic and persuasive explication of the linguistic and social practices recorded.... Highly recommendable." (Discourse & Society, May 2008) ” The book offers both rich and rigorous ways of looking at children's naturally situated conduct that speak(s) to larger concerns of ... Read more