He-Said-She-Said - Talk as Social Organization among Black ChildrenPaperback

" . . . Goodwin makes a major step in redefining the enterprise of studying language use in context and across contexts." --American Ethnologist "I recommend the book highly." --John Haviland, American Anthropologist "Goodwin's thoughtful interpretation of these examples [of children's conversation] is replete with wise insights, challenging critical darts, and well-referenced links to a wide literature." --Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography "Intellectual breadth shines through this book." --Barrie Thorne "By combining Goffman's approach to ethnography with in-depth conversational analysis, Goodwin provides important and novel insights into the interactive processes through which culture is created and maintained. carefully researched and clearly written . . .

Gumperz " . . . The results should be of interest to any social scientist." --John J.