I was a scarf-like gangster girl’ – Negotiating gender and ethnicity on the street

Bibliographic Data

ID6255657
AuthorsAnn-Karina Henriksen (0000-0001-5374-3228, Aalborg University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume17
Issue4
Pages491-508
Publication date2017-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468796816666592
OpenAlexW2515896501
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited35

Drawing on an ethnographic study in Copenhagen, this article explores the gendered ethnicities of young women navigating multi-ethnic street terrains. The study includes an ethnically heterogeneous sample of 25 women aged 13–23 who are involved in street-oriented peer groups and activities. The analysis demonstrates how young women modify their lifestyle, language, body and posture to establish proximity to ethnic minority youth. By applying intersectional theory, the article explores gender and ethnicity as situational accomplishments, and it is argued that ethnic identifications in this context need to be explored as flexible and fluid, changing, not only over a lifetime, but within a single day. This exploration of young women’s gendered ethnicities adds to the limited research on the gendered and racialized dynamics of street culture

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Geography · Girl · Intersectionality · Negotiation · Situational ethics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Homelessness and Social Issues · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology