Between good and ghetto : African American girls and inner-city violence

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Author: Jones, Nikki 1975-
Series: The Rutgers series in childhood studies
Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2010.
Subject: African American girls -- Social conditionsChildren and violence -- United StatesCity children -- United StatesInner cities -- United StatesViolence -- United StatesViolence in children -- United States
Format: Print
ISBN: 0813546141081354615X97808135461489780813546155 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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City Campus	305.2308 JONE	Available

Description: xiii, 211 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes: Explores how inner-city African-American girls are influenced by violence on the streets and in school and how they learn to cope with that violence.Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.The social world of inner-city girls -- "It's not where you live, it's how you live" : when good girls fight -- "Ain't I a violent person?" : understanding girl fighters -- "Love make you fight crazy" : gendered violence and inner-city girls.

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