The Hidden Life of Girls: Games of Stance, Status, and ExclusionISBN: 978-0-631-23424-1
Hardcover
344 pages
December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Figures and Tables.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction.
2. Multimodality, Conflict, and Rationality in Girls’ Games.
3. Social Dimensions of a Popular Girls’ Clique.
4. Social Organization, Opposition, and Directives in the Game of Jump Rope.
5. Language Practices for Indexing Social Status: Stories, Descriptions, Brags, and Comparisons.
6. Stance and Structure in Assessment and Gossip Activity.
7. Constructing Social Difference and Exclusion in Girls’ Groups.
8. Conclusion.
Appendix A: Transcription Symbols.
Appendix B: Jump Rope Rhymes.
Notes.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index