My Girls : The Power of Friendship in a Poor Neighborhood / Jasmin Aviva Sandelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandelson, Jasmin A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls--Social aspects--Massachusetts--Boston--21st century.

Girls.

Friendship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

My Girls

Place of Publication:

Oakland : University of California Press, 2023.

Summary:

"My Girls explores the overlooked yet transformative power of female friendship in a low-income Boston-area neighborhood. In this innovative and compassionate book, researcher Jasmin Sandelson joins teenage girls in their homes, at their hangouts and parties, and online to show how they use their connections to secure the care and support that adults in their lives can't give. Friendships among young people in poor, urban communities are often framed as 'risky'--sources of peer pressure and conflict. In a new, positive take that reveals the primacy of phones and social media in contemporary friendships, Sandelson demonstrates how girls look to one another to battle boredom, strengthen self-esteem, and process trauma and grief. This illuminating study--one of the first to combine digital and in-person fieldwork--blends firsthand stories with tweets, Snaps, and Instagram and Facebook posts. My Girls places young women of color at the center of their own stories to illuminate the worlds of love and care they create"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Broke : material support

Bored : social support

Dignity : emotional support and breakdown

Bodies, boyfriends, and sex

Technologies of trauma

Dealing with difference

Struggle and support at college

Conclusion

Epilogue : ten years later.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520388901

0520388909

OCLC:

1367236920