My Girls

The Power of Friendship in a Poor Neighborhood
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-38889-5
Verlag: UCAL POD

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 484 g

Reihe: University of California Press

Reveals how friendships and social media can help girls survive even the most tragic consequences of American poverty.

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—often framed as "risky" sources of peer pressure and conflict—offer crucial support and self-esteem. 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, find stability, embrace adulthood, and process trauma and grief. This illuminating study—one of the first to combine digital and in-person fieldwork—blends firsthand narratives 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandelson, Jasmin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I · Friends and Forms of Care
1 Broke: Getting By

2 Bored: Time Management

3 Emotional Support and Breakdown

4 Bodies, Boyfriends, and Sex

II · Friendships under Threat
5 Technologies of Trauma

6 Dealing with Difference

III · After Graduation
7 Struggle and Support at College

Conclusion

A Note on Research and Writing

Final Reflections: Ten Years Later

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jasmin Sandelson is Research Manager at Columbia University's Justice Lab and a creative writing MFA student at New York University. She has a PhD in sociology from Harvard University.