Girlhoods and Social Action: An Intersectional Analysis of Inequality in Working-Class Girls' Participation

Working-class girls make vital contributions to society through social action, yet their efforts are too often rendered invisible or unrecognised. Girlhoods and Social Action confronts the persistent inequalities shaping participation, revealing how intersecting power relations related to gender, class and race both constrain and devalue girls’ efforts.

Drawing on empirical research and an ethnographic study of 17 working-class, mainly racially-minoritised, girls across three schools in Lo...