Smart and sassy [electronic resource] : the strengths of inner city Black girls / Joyce West Stevens. Stevens, Joyce West, 1936- African American teenage girls Attitudes. African American teenage girls Psychology. African American teenage girls Social conditions. Adolescence United States. HQ798 305.23508996073 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Empirically based, the daily experiences of adolescent black females is explicated within an explanatory model of social context and developmental theory. The author argues that adolescence must be seen from strength and health perspectives. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002. 2002. 2002 Text 1 online resource (xxiv, 214 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195121643.001.0001 eng United States.