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Girls on the Verge : Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations
Girls on the Verge Debutante Dips Drivebys and Other Initiations
Author: Vendela Vida
In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush—she emerges a Tr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312263287
ISBN-10: 0312263287
Publication Date: 6/12/2000
Pages: 192
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  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Vendela Vida has put the nail in the head with this book. The issues that are discussed here -- female gang and cult initiations, teen marriage, promiscuity -- are very accurate and, despite having witnessed this sort of thing in real life, shocking. Vida has evidently done her homework. She has proven that young women today aren't the shadow of how they're perceived by family members. Are girls still considered to be sugar and spice and everything nice? Not according to this incredible work of non-fiction.
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