The hidden life of girls games of stance, status, and exclusion /

Goodwin, Marjorie Harness.

The hidden life of girls games of stance, status, and exclusion / [electronic resource] : Marjorie Harness Goodwin. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - xi, 329 p. : ill. - Blackwell studies in discourse and culture . - Blackwell studies in discourse and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-316) and indexes.

Multimodality, conflict, and rationality in girls' games -- Social dimensions of a popular girls' clique -- Social organization, opposition, and directives in the game of jump rope -- Language practices for indexing social status : stories, descriptions, brags, and comparisons -- Stance and structure in assessment and gossip activity -- Constructing social difference and exclusion in girls' groups.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Girls--Social networks--Case studies.
Girls--Psychology--Case studies.
Social interaction in children--Case studies.
Interpersonal relations in children--Case studies.


Electronic books.

HQ1229 / .G67 2006

302.3/4083