Homegirls Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs

Name: Homegirls Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs
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ISBN: 9780631234906

ISBN-10: 063123490X

ISBN-13: 9780631234906

Edition: 2008

Authors: Norma Mendoza-Denton

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In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortea/Surea (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges to signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. She analyzes their use of language as well as social and cultural practices such as the circulation of poetry, photographs, and drawings, and also their practices around makeup and bodily presentation. Through this detailed exploration, Homegirls examines the localized North-South rivalry between the bilingual, English-speaking and Americanized Norte girls and the Mexican or…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.05" wide x 9.05" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Acknowledgment of Sources


Introduction



La Migra



Beginning Fieldwork



Norte and Sur: Government, School, and Research Perspectives



Hemispheric Localism: Language, Racialized Nationalism, and the Politicization of Youth



"Muy Macha": Gendered Performances and the Avoidance of Social Injury



Smile Now Cry Later: Memorializing Practices Linking Language, Materiality, and Embodiment



Icons and Exemplars: Ethnographic Approaches in Variationist Sociolinguistics



Variation in a Community of Practice



"That's the Whole Thing [characters not reproducible]!": Discourse Markers and Teenage Speech



Conclusion


References


Appendix


Index