Female Students and Cultures of Violence in Cities / Edition 1

by Julia Hall

Overview

As the economy constricts, it seems living with a chronic sense of fear and anxiety is the new normal for a growing number of urban females. Many females are susceptible to victimization by cumulative strands of violence in school, their communities, families and partnerships. Exposure to violence has been shown to contribute to physical and mental health problems, a propensity for substance abuse, transience and homelessness, and unsurprisingly, poor school attendance and performance. What does a girl do when there is no place to get away from this, and even school is a danger zone? Why have so many educators turned their attention away from the reality of violence against girls? Why is there a tendency to categorize such violence as just another example of the general concept of "bullying?"

Critical educators who research the effects of current market logics on the schooling of marginalized youth have yet fully to focus on this issue. This volume puts the reality of violence in the lives of urban school girls back on the map, investigates answers to the above questions, and presents suggestions for change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138084940
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/18/2017
Series:	Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Julia Hall is Professor of Education Policy at D’Youville College. In her research she considers the school and community experiences of youth who have been economically and culturally marginalized in cities in the context of a rapidly changing economy. She is likewise focused on gendered violence and female students. Her books include Canal Town Youth: Community Organization and the Development of Adolescent Identity, Underprivileged Schoolchildren and the Assault on Dignity: Policy Challenges and Resistance, and Children’s Human Rights and Public Schools in the United States.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.Capital and the Production of Classed and Racialized Females Julia Hall Chapter 2. Human Sex Trafficking in the City: Seeking Victims among Domestic Girls Illana R. Lane & Virginia A. Batchelor Chapter 3. Longitudinal Ethnography: Uncovering Domestic Abuse in Low-Income Women's Lives Linda Burton, Diane Purvin, & Raymond Garrett-Peters Chapter 4. Gender as the Next-Top Model of Global Consumer-Citizenship Lindsay Palmer Chapter 5. Neoliberal Fantasies and the ‘Centaur State:’ Confronting Hypermasculine Violence in Urban Public Schooling Alexander J. Means Chapter 6. ‘Prisonization’ and Latinas in Alternative High Schools Aida Hurtado, Ruby Hernandez, & Craig Haney Chapter 7. Disability and Silences That Do Not Tell Linda Ware & Danielle Cowley Chapter 8. When Black Girls Became Pretty: Teacher Biography as Source of Student Transformation Craig Centrie Chapter 9. Stop the Potlucks Julia Hall

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the AESA 2016 Critics Choice Book Award

"Julia Hall has edited a compelling volume on the reality and impact of violence in urban girls’ lives at home, in their neighborhoods and communities, and at school. Against the assault of neoliberal ideology and policy, urban girls’ let readers inside the private and public spaces of their lives, where violence takes its toll but also meets up with resiliency. Urban girls’ stories of violence call on professional educators, students and other stakeholders invested in girls’ well-being to listen, heed, and take action to stem this dangerous tide so that girls the world over can lead healthier, more productive and empowered lives." - Amira Proweller, DePaul University, USA

"Julia Hall has edited an important book that is theoretically rich, yet accessible for a range of readers in teacher education, women’s studies, and cultural studies. Drawing on personal accounts of inner city youth, the authors included in Female Students and Cultures of Violence in Cities argue persuasively that violence toward girls and young women in urban schools takes multiple forms that are insidious, pervasive, and increasingly institutionalized. This volume should be required reading for both scholars and practitioners who wish to understand and support the young people and educators who are striving to live in safety and with integrity in some of the most economically ravaged schools in our nation." - Susan Birden, SUNY – Buffalo State, USA

From the Publisher