Introduction: Urban Girls: Building Strengths, Creating Momentum

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: Urban Girls: Building Strengths, Creating Momentum 1
6. Part I Resituating Positive Development for Urban Adolescent Girls
7. 1 The Many Faces of Urban Girls: Features of Positive Development in Early Adolescence 17
8. 2 From Urban Girls to Resilient Women: Studying Adaptation Across Development in the Context of Adversity 53
9. Part II Safe Spaces Revisited
10. 3 Makin’ Homes: An Urban Girl Thing 73
11. 4 “They Are Like a Friend” Othermothers Creating Empowering, School-Based Community Living Rooms in Latina and Latino Middle Schools 97
12. 5 To Stay or to Leave? How Do Mentoring Groups Support Healthy Dating Relationships in High-Risk Girls? 121
13. 6 Caring Connections Mentoring Relationships in the Lives of Urban Girls 142
14. 7 Latina Girls “We’re Like Sisters—Most Times!” 157
15. Part III Culture, Parents, and Protection
16. 8 Changes in African American Mother- Daughter Relationships During Adolescence Conflict, Autonomy, and Warmth 175
17. 9 The “Good” News and the “Bad” News: The “Americanization” of Hmong Girls 202
18. Part IV Resistance: Personal and Political
19. 10 “Don’t Die With Your Work Balled Up in Your Fists” Contesting Social Injustice Through Participatory Research 219
20. 11 Uncovering Truths, Recovering Lives: Lessons of Resistance in the Socialization of Black Girls 243
21. Part V Claiming Sexuality in Relationships: Taking Stock and Gaining Control
22. 12 “If You Let Me Play . . .” Does High School Physical Activity Reduce Urban Young Adult Women’s Sexual Risks? 261
23. 13 Condom Use Among Sexually Active Latina Girls in Alternative High Schools 281
24. 14 Girl-on-Girl Sexuality 301
25. Part VI When Adversity Is Overwhelming—Then What?
26. 15 Understanding Health Disparities Among Female Street Youth 319
27. 16 Businesswomen in Urban Life 338
28. About the Contributors 361
29. Index 365