Women Without Class: Girls, Race, and Identity | Julie Bettie
The author examines the Mexican-American and white girls coming of age and the way class identity is constructed. The book presents a portrait of working-class girls in their senior year of high school. Goal of the examination was to learn how these young women experience and understand class differences in their peer culture and how their parents' class location and racial/ethnic identity shaped the girls' perceptions of social differences at school and the possibilities for their future.
Women Without Class: Girls, Race, and Identity |