Description |
xvi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments viii -- Preface by Niobe Way ix -- Introduction: Urban Girls: Building Strengths in Contexts of Adversity and Support 1 -- Bonnie Leadbeater -- Part I: Re-situating Positive Development for Urban Adolescent Girls 22 -- 1. The Many Faces of Urban Girls: Features of Positive Development in Early Adolescence 23 -- Richard M. Lerner, Erin Phelps, Amy Alberts, Yulika Forman, and Elise D. Christiansen. -- 2. From Urban Girls to Resilient Women: Studying Adaptation Across Development in the Context of Adversity 70 -- Anne Shaffer, Brianna Coffino, Kristen Boelcke-Stennes & Ann S. Masten -- Part II: Safe Spaces Revisited 97 -- 3. Makin¿ Homes: An Urban Girl Things 98 -- Jennifer Pastor, Jennifer McCormick and Michelle Fine -- 4. They Are Like A Friend:¿ Othermothers and School-Based Community Livingrooms -- in Latina & Latino Middle Schools 130 -- Nancy Lopez and Chalane Lechuga -- 5. To Stay or To Leave? How Do Mentoring Groups Support Healthy Dating Relationships in High Risk Girls? 166 -- Elizabeth Banister and Bonnie Leadbeater -- 6. Caring Connections: Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Urban Girls 196 -- Jean E. Rhodes, Anita A. Davis, Leslie R. Prescott, and Renée Spencer -- 7. Latina Girls:¿We¿re Like Sisters ¿ Most Times!¿ 218 -- Jill McLean Taylor, Carmen N. Veloria and Marina Verba -- Part III: Culture, Parents, and Protection 244 -- 8. Changes in African-American Mother-Daughter Relationships During Adolescence: -- Conflict, Autonomy, and Warmth 245 -- Catherine L. Costigan, Ana Mari Cauce and Kenyatta Etchison -- 9. The "Good" News and the "Bad" News: The Americanization of Hmong Girls 275 -- Stacey Lee, University of Wisconsin. -- Part IV: Resistance: personal and political 296 -- 10. Don¿t Die With Your Work Balled up in Your Fists¿ Contesting Social Injustice Through Participatory Research 297 -- María Elena Torre Michelle Fine, Natasha Alexander, and Emily Genao -- 11.Uncovering Truths, Recovering Lives: Lessons of Resistance in the Socialization of Black Girls 330 -- Janie Victoria Ward -- Part V: Claiming Sexuality in Relationships¿ Taking Stock and Gaining Control 356 -- 12. ¿If You Let Me Play¿ ¿: Does High School Physical Activity Reduce Urban Young Adult Women¿s Sexual Risks? 357 -- Allison J. Tracy and Sumru Erkut -- 13. Condom Use among Sexually Active Latina Girls in Alternative High Schools 380 -- Jill Denner & Karin Coyle -- 14. Girl-on-Girl Sexuality 406 -- Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Part VI: When Adversity is Overwhelming - Then What? 433 -- 15. Understanding Health Disparities Among Female Street Youth 434 -- Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson, and Murray Anderson. -- 16. Business Women in Urban Life 458 -- Carl S. Taylor, Pamela R. Smith and Virgil A. Taylor -- About the Contributors 490 -- Index 000 |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Minority teenagers -- United States.
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Poor teenagers -- United States.
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Teenage girls -- United States.
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Urban youth -- United States.
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Author |
Leadbeater, Bonnie J. Ross, 1950-
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Way, Niobe, 1963-
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LC no. |
2006026373 |
ISBN |
0814752128 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0814752136 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780814752128 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780814752135 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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