Pretty in Punk: Girl's Gender Resistance in a Boy's Subculture
"[LeBlanc] draws on her insider experiences and insights and on the field research and interviews she carried out..."  --Canadian Sociology and Anthropology AssociationPretty in Punkis cutting-edge feminist and cultural studies research....The stories [Leblanc] relates offer inspirational evidence of rebellion against stereotypical gender arrangements--of girls empowering themselves in unique ways. --Wendy Simonds, author ofAbortion at Work: Ideology and Practice in a Feminist ClinicandWomen and Self-Help CultureThe author's first-person accounts of her life as a punk girl are particularly effective at bringing her analysis of punk girls to life... Original and very insightful.  --Kathleen Blee, professor of sociology and director of women's studies, University of Pittsburgh, and author ofWomen of the KlanThe girls and women that Leblanc portrays inPretty in Punkare very nearly as original, spirited, and delightful as Leblanc's prose itself....A happy conjunction author, topic, and methodology. --Carol Brooks Gardner, professor of sociology and women's studies, Indiana University-Indianapolis