Geographies of Girlhood: Identities In-Between (Inquiry and Pedagogy Across Diverse Contexts)

304 Pages·2005·16.13 MB·English

by  Pamela J Bettis

Geographies of Girlhood
Identities In-Between
Inquiry and Pedagogy Across Diverse Contexts
Kathleen deMarrais, Series Editor
deMarrais and Lapan, Eds. • Foundations of Research: Methods
of Inquiry in Education and the Social Sciences
Bettis and Adams, Eds. • Geographies of Girlhood: Identities
In-Between
Tutwiler • Teachers as Collaborative Partners: Working With Diverse
Families and Communities
Geographies of Girlhood
Identities In-Between
Edited by
Pamela J. Bettis
Washington State University
Natalie G. Adams
University of Alabama
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Geographies of girlhood : identities in-between / edited by Pamela J.
Bettis, Natalie G. Adams.
p. cm. — (Inquiry and pedagogy across diverse contexts)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-4673-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8058-4674-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Girls—United States—Social conditions. 2. Girls—United States—
Psychology. 3. Teenage girls—United States. 4. Preteens—United
States. 5. Identity (Psychology)—United States. I. Bettis, Pamela,
1955- II. Adams, Natalie Guice, 1962- III. Series.
HQ777.G46 2004
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We dedicate this book to our fabulous girlfriends.
Contents
Preface xi
1 Landscapes of Girlhood 1
Pamela J. Bettis and Natalie G. Adams
PART I BEFORE SCHOOL
2 Barbies, Bases, and Beer: The Role of the Home 19
in Junior High School Girls' Identity Work
Don E. Merten
3 Power Beads, Body Glitter, and Backseat Bad-Asses: 35
Girls, Power, and Position on the School Bus
Laura Jewett
PART II AT SCHOOL
4 Girl Talk: Adolescent Girls' Perceptions of Leadership 55
Dawn M. Shinew and Deborah Thomas Jones
5 Girls in Groups: The Preps and the Sex Mob Try Out 69
for Womanhood
Pame la J. Bettis, Debra Jordan, and Diane Montgomery
VII
viii CONTENTS
6 "The Beauty Walk" as a Social Space for Messages About 85
the Female Body: Toward Transformative Collaboration
Rosary Lalik and Kimberly L. Oliver
7 Fighters and Cheerleaders: Disrupting the Discourse 101
of "Girl Power" in the New Millennium
Natalie G. Adams
8 "Only 4-Minute Passing Periods!" Private and Public 115
Menstrual Identities in School
Laura Fingerson
9 In the World But Not of It: Gendered Religious 137
Socialization at a Christian School
Stacey Elsasser
10 "We Ain't No Dogs": Teenage Mothers (Re)Define 155
Themselves
Sandra Spickard Prettyman
PART III AFTER SCHOOL
11 Black Girls/White Spaces: Managing Identity Through 177
Memories of Schooling
Cerri A. Banks
12 Unstraightening the Ideal Girl: Lesbians, High School, 195
and Spaces to Be
John E. Petrovic and Rebecca M. Ballard
13 Disputation of a Bad Reputation: Adverse Sexual 211
Labels and the Lives of 12 Southern Women
Delores D. Liston and Regina E. Moore-Rahimi
14 Border Crossing—Border Patrolling: Race, Gender, 231
and the Politics of Sisterhood
Lyn Mikel Brown and Sandy Marie Grande
15 "I Am a Woman Now!": Rewriting Cartographies 253
of Girlhood From the Critical Standpoint of Disability
Nirmala Erevelles and Kagendo Mutua
CONTENTS ix
Afterword: Girlhood, Place, and Pedagogy 271
Pamela]. Bettis and Natalie G. Adams
Author Biographies 281
Subject Index 287