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Read the Preface.
aComing from multiple disciplinary perspectives and employing
diverse methodologies, the contributors emphasize the girlsa and
young womenas strength in creating safe spaces with family,
friends, and mentors; claiming their sexuality; and developing
personal and public resistance strategies. Taken together, the
essays are a valuable contribution to the field of gender studies,
urban ethnography, and adolescent development, and would appeal to
various readers, including activists and undergraduates.a
--"Choice"
aThis new edition of Urban Girls is a rare gem. In fact, you
won't find another book that comes even close to offering the range
and depth of understanding you'll read in these pages. This is a
book about the complexity of urban girlsa lives that situates their
struggles, hopes, and dreams in relationships with friends,
families, schools, neighborhoods, and community centers. Anyone who
wants to have a real conversation about policies and practices that
support girlsa strengths and resilience should read and use this
book.a
--Lyn Mikel Brown, author of "Girlfighting"
aOffers a significant contribution to the field of gender and
adolescent development. Using cutting edge theory and research, it
opens windows into the lives of a diverse group of adolescent
girls. By emphasizing the social context of these girlsa lives, the
contributors illustrate the complex interplay between individuals
and the relationships with which they engage and the choices they
make.a
--Lauren E. Duncan, Smith College
Urban Girls, published in 1996, was one of the first volumes to
showcase the lives of girls growing up in contexts ofurban poverty
and sometimes racism and violence. It spoke directly to young women
who, often for the first time, were seeing their own stories and
those of their friends explained in the materials they were asked
to read. The volume has helped to shape the way in which we study
girls and understand their development over the past decade.
Urban Girls Revisited explores the diversity of urban adolescent
girls' development and the sources of support and resilience that
help them to build the foundations of strength that they need as
they enter adulthood. Urban girls are frequently marginalized by
poverty, ethnic discrimination, and stereotypes suggesting that
they have deficits compared to their peers. In fact, urban girls do
often "grow up fast," taking on multiple adult roles and
responsibilities in contexts of high levels of adversities. Yet a
majority of these girls show remarkable strengths in the face of
challenges, and their families and communities provide many assets
to support their development. This new volume showcases these
strengths.
Contributors: Amy Alberts, Natasha Alexander, Murray Anderson,
Elizabeth Banister, Cecilia Benoit, Kristen Boelcke-Stennes, Ana
Mari Cauce, Elise D. Christiansen, Brianna Coffino, Catherine L.
Costigan, Karin Coyle, Anita Davis, Jill Denner, Sumru Erkut,
Kenyaatta Etchison, Michelle Fine, Yulika Forman, Emily Genao,
Mikael Jansson, Chalene Lechuga, Stacey J. Lee, Richard M. Lerner,
Nancy Lopez, Ann S. Masten, Jennifer McCormick, Jennifer Pastor,
Erin Phelps, Leslie Prescott, Jean E. Rhodes, Ritch C.
Savin-Williams, Anne Shaffer, Renee Spencer, Pamela R. Smith, Carl
S. Taylor, Jill McLean Taylor, Virgil A. Taylor, Maria Elena Torre,
Allison J.Tracy, Carmen N. Veloria, Martina C. Verba, and Janie
Victoria Ward.
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