Makin' homes : an urban girl thing / Preface / Marina Tavarez -- Introduction : Urban girls : building strengths, creating momentum / Bonnie J. Leadbeater -- and Resituating positive development for urban adolescent girls -- 1. The many faces of urban girls : features of positive development in early adolescence / Richard M. Lerner, Erin Phelps, Amy Alberts, Yulika Forman, and Elise D. Christiansen -- 2. From urban girls to resilient women : studying adaptation across development in the context of adversity / Anne Shaffer, Brianna Coffino, Kristen Boelcke-Stennes, and Ann S. Masten -- pt. 2 Safe spaces revisited -- 3. Makin' homes : an urban girl thing / Jennifer Pastor, Jennifer McCormick and Michelle Fine with Ruth Andolsen, Nora Friedman, Nikki Richardson, Tanzania Roach, and Marina Tavarez -- and Latina girls : 'we're like sisters--most times!' / Martina C. Verba -- and Chalane E. Lechuga -- 5. To stay or to leave? How do mentoring groups support healthy dating relationships in high-risk girls? / Elizabeth Banister and Bonnie J. Leadbeater -- 6. Caring connections : mentoring relationships in the lives of urban girls / Jean E. Rhodes, Anita A. Davis, Leslie R. Prescott, and Renée Spencer -- 7. Latina girls : 'we're like sisters--most times!' / Jill McLean Taylor, Carmen N. Veloria, and Martina C. Verba -- 14. Girl-on-girl sexuality / 8. Changes in African-American mother-daughter relationships during adolescence : conflict, autonomy, and warmth / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- Ana Mari Cauce and Kenyatta Etchison -- 9. The "good" news and the "bad" news : the "Americanization" of Hmong girls / Stacey J. Lee -- pt. 4. Resistance : personal and political -- 10. "Don't die with your work balled up in your fists" : contesting social injustice through participatory research / María Elena Torre, Michelle Fine, Natasha Alexander, and Emily Genao -- 11. Uncovering truths, recovering lives : lessons of resistance in the socialization of Black girls / Janie Victoria Ward -- pt. 5. Claiming sexuality in relationships : taking stock and gaining control -- 12. "If you let me play..." : does high school physical activity reduce urban young adult women's sexual risks? / Allison J. Tracy and Sumru Erkut -- 13. Condom use among sexually active Latina girls in alternative high schools / Jill Denner and Karin Coyle -- 14. Girl-on-girl sexuality / Ritch C. Savin-Williams -- and Index. 15. Understanding health disparities among female street youth / Virgil A. Taylor -- Mikael Jansson, and Murray Anderson -- 16. Businesswomen in urban life / Carl S. Taylor, Pamela R. Smith and Virgil A. Taylor -- About the contributors -- Index.
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