Smart Girls

Download or read book Smart Girls written by Shauna Pomerantz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Are Girls Taking Over the World? -- 2. Driven to Perfection -- 3. Fitting In or Fabulously Smart? -- 4. Sexism and the Smart Girl -- 5. A Deeper Look at Class and "Race": Belongings and Exclusions -- 6. Cool to Be Smart: Microresistances and Hopeful Glimpses -- Appendix: Study Participants -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z