The hidden life of girls: Games of stance, status, and exclusion.

List of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Multimodality, Conflict, and Rationality in Girls' Games. 3. Social Dimensions of a Popular Girls' Clique. 4. Social Organization, Opposition, and Directives in the Game of Jump Rope. 5. Language Practices for Indexing Social Status: Stories, Descriptions, Brags, and Comparisons. 6. Stance and Structure in Assessment and Gossip Activity. 7. Constructing Social Difference and Exclusion in Girls' Groups. 8. Conclusion. Appendix A: Transcription Symbols. Appendix B: Jump Rope Rhymes. Notes. References. Author Index. Subject Index