Women without Class : Girls, Race, and Identity.

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Author / Creator:	Bettie, Julie, 1965-
Imprint:	University of California Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Teenage girls, White -- Race identity -- California. Teenage girls, White -- California -- Social conditions. Mexican American teenage girls -- Race identity -- California. Mexican American teenage girls -- California -- Social conditions. High school students -- California -- Social conditions. Mexican American students -- California -- Social conditions. Social classes -- California. High school students -- Social conditions. Social classes. California. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11235150

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ISBN:	1322076081 9781322076089 9780520957244 0520957245 9780520280014 0520280016
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In this examination of white and Mexican-American girls coming of age in California''s Central Valley-now with a new introduction-Julie Bettie turns class theory on its head, offering new tools for understanding the ways in which identity is constructed in relationship to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Documenting the categories of subculture and style that high school students use to understand their differences, Bettie depicts the complex identity performances of contemporary girls. The title, Women Without Class, refers at once to young working-class women who have little cultural c.
Other form:	Print version: 9781322076089

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