| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 107 pages) |
| Contents |
Girls will be women -- Is it real or is it media? -- Girls will be boys -- A family affair -- The power of (mis)education -- Is there a place for me? |
| Summary |
Understanding Teenage Girls: Culture, Identity and Schooling focuses on a range of social phenomenon that impact the lives of adolescent females of color. The authors highlight the daily challenges that African-American, Chicana, and Puerto Rican teenage girls face with respect to peer and family influences, media stereotyping, body image, community violence, pregnancy, and education. The authors also emphasize the incredible resiliency that young women possess in countering many of the social barriers confronting them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Teenage girls -- United States -- Social conditions
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Teenage girls -- Education -- United States
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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Teenage girls -- Education
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Teenage girls -- Social conditions
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown-Thirston, Andrea, 1973-
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| LC no. |
2021701798 |
| ISBN |
9781610480529 |
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161048052X |
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9786612977152 |
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6612977159 |
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9781282977150 |
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1282977156 |
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161048052X |
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