Homegirls in the Public Sphere

Name: Homegirls in the Public Sphere
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ISBN: 9780292701922

ISBN-10: 0292701926

ISBN-13: 9780292701922

Edition: 2003

Authors: Marie "Keta" Miranda

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Girls in gangs are usually treated as objects of public criticism and rejection. Seldom are they viewed as objects worthy of understanding and even more rarely are they allowed to be active subjects who craft their own public personawhich is what makes this work unique. In this book, Marie "Keta" Miranda presents the results of an ethnographic collaboration with Chicana gang members, in which they contest popular and academic representations of Chicana/o youth and also construct their own narratives of self identity through a documentary film, It' a Homie Thang! In telling the story of her research in the Fruitvale community of Oakland, California, Miranda honestly reveals how even a…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 231
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Marie “Keta” Miranda is Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies in the division of Bicultural/Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio.



List of Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Representation and the Public Sphere


Rollin' through Oaktown


An Ethnographer's Tale


Mediating Images: It's a Homie Thang!


Affinity and Affiliation


Cross-Sites for Cross-Talks


Dialoguing Differences


Frequently Asked Questions


Notes


Bibliography


Index