{"product_id":"my-girls-9780520388888","title":"My Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReveals 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 communitiesoften framed as risky sources of peer pressure and conflictoffer 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 studyone of the first to combine digital and in-person fieldworkblends firsthand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I · Friends and Forms of Care\u003cbr\u003e 1 Broke: Getting By \u003cbr\u003e 2 Bored: Time Management \u003cbr\u003e 3 Emotional Support and Breakdown \u003cbr\u003e 4 Bodies, Boyfriends, and Sex \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II · Friendships under Threat\u003cbr\u003e 5 Technologies of Trauma \u003cbr\u003e 6 Dealing with Difference \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III · After Graduation\u003cbr\u003e 7 Struggle and Support at College \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Research and Writing \u003cbr\u003e Final Reflections: Ten Years Later \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402964050263,"sku":"9780520388888","price":64.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520388888.jpg?v=1730481975","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/my-girls-9780520388888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}