The Identities And Practices Of High Achieving Pupils

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