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The Hidden Life of Girls: Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion

ISBN: 978-1-4051-7829-7
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344 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • 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.