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Quinceañera style : social belonging and Latinx consumer identities /

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A dynamic study of social negotiation and consumerism in the coming-of-age quinceañera celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalez, Rachel Valentina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Quinceañera (Social custom) > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American consumers > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Quinceañera style and class performativity
  • Identity off the rack : selling quinceañera dresses and manufacturing identities in the experience economy
  • Coming of age in the digital barrio : quinceañera as a product in cultural economies online
  • Made in Mexico, USA : beauty professionals and the manufacturing of quinceañera beauty culture
  • Ambivalent embodiment : reconstituting quinceañera performance space
  • Conclusion. Rights/rites and representation : reading Latinx social performance.