ï¿½Quï¿½ Onda? Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity

Name: ï¿½Quï¿½ Onda? Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity
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ISBN: 9780816526864

ISBN-10: 0816526869

ISBN-13: 9780816526864

Edition: 3rd

Authors: Cynthia Bejarano

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Angel was born in Arizona and is part of the in-crowd. She likes clubbing, dancing, and going to car shows. Betzayra is from Mexico City and, despite polio-related disabilities, is the confident group leader of the Mexican girls. Arturo is also from Mexico City; he dresses more fashionably than most other boys and is taunted by the Chicanos. Evelyn was born in Arizona, but her mother was from Mexico and she hangs out with Mexican kids because she thinks theyre nicer than Chicanos. How these and some two dozen other young Latinas and Latinos interact forms the basis of a penetrating new study of identity formation among Mexican-origin border youths, taking readers directly into their world…

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List price: $24.95
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 9/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Cast of Characters



Buscando la Identidad: Conceptualizing What It Means to Be Mexicana/o and Chicana/o



Stepping Stones: Revisiting Research on Immigrant Youth and Native Minorities



Youths of Mexican Descent: Falling between the Cracks, Falling into the Frontera Abyss



Escuchando las Voces da la Juventud, Listening to Youths' Voices



Latina/o Youth Cultures: The Crossroads and Collisions of Colors, Customs, and Style



Serpent Tongues, Social Hierarchies, and National Citizenship: The Splitting of Border Languages and Cultures between Latina/o Youths



Discussion and Conclusion: Negotiating the Middle Spaces of Mexicanness and Other Possibilities


Appendixes


Notes


References


Index