The Hidden Life of Girls

<b>Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association</b> <p>In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds.</p> <ul> <li>Combats stereotypes that have dominated theories on female moral development by challenging the notion that girls are inherently supportive of each other</li> <li>Examines the stances that girls on a playground in a multicultural school setting assume and shows how they position themselves in their peer groups</li> <li>Documents the language practices and degradation rituals used to sanction friends and to bully others</li> <li>Part of the <i><a href=”http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-410785.html” target=”_blank”>Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series</a></i></li> </ul>