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Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations

par Vendela Vida

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Sociology. Women's Studies. Nonfiction. HTML: In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's Girls on the Verge explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush�??she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the "quince" (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plunge�??some of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various rituals�??rituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choi… (plus d'informations)

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I unfortunately found this book to be very disappointing. The author has an interesting premise, but with her experiences and interviews she only reinforces the stereotypes the readers come in with--sorority rush is superficial (though she completely bought into it by the end, and would have died if her made up persona didn't get into her chosen sorority), debutante balls and quinceneras are just for the moms who want to be princesses, young couples marrying in Vegas are leaving broken homes to do better, without realizing they have no foundation for marriage--and doesn't add anything substantial to the narrative. The little analysis that does come into each scenario is provided through multiple paragraphs quoted in their entirety from other people's books on the various subjects. (

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sanyamakadi | Jan 26, 2020 |

Less about social science and more about the author herself, this book was nonetheless an interesting read. It was somewhat akin to reading a tourist's travel-journal in which the writer is a newcomer in a foreign location, sharing with fresh (but often culturally biased) eyes the strange new world around her. Still, Vendela Vida is not a bad tour guide at all, she's very thorough in her observations, and gives the reader a glimpse into cultural rituals and traditions one may never otherwise have access to. (

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bkwurm | Jun 6, 2011 |

This book was horrible. It was a great idea, and could have been a fascinating read, but the product fell short. Her "findings" were cliched. Her assumptions about the people she made were completely stereotyped and 'on the surface'. She seemed unable to go beyond the surface appearance of the 'rituals' and the people that were involved. Instead, it seemed she was merely trying to tie them together in a way that seemed 'nice, neat, and tidy' and in doing so was unable to write anything of substance about any of the girls involved. (

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It's been proposed that one of the reasons young people in this country have difficulty making the transition to responsible adulthood is that there are no well-defined rites of passage. But, as nature abhors a vacuum, groups of teenage girls have created their own rituals to signify leaving their childhoods behind. Vida, 27, traveled across the country and spoke with hundreds of young women age 15 and up about identity and initiation rituals. She participated 'undercover' in a sorority rush at UCLA and took part in a Latin American quincenera celebration in Miami. With a 'you-are-there' approach, Vida allows the reader to experience the majesty of a debutante ball, the pride of a gang initiation, the solemnity of a Wiccan ceremony, and the high hopes of a Las Vegas drive-through bride. While the book is interesting solely as a travel piece, it also offers a sociological perspective on an individual's need for affiliation, connection, and community. Recommended for all libraries, particularly YA sections.

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In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's Girls on the Verge explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind.
Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush�??she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the "quince" (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plunge�??some of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various rituals�??rituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choi

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