Homegirls : language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs /

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (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 that signal their gang affilia...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Mendoza-Denton, Norma (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2008]
Series:	New directions in ethnography ; 2.
Subjects:	Youth > Language. Latin Americans > Languages. Teenage girls > Language. Sociolinguistics. Language and culture. Hispanic American teenage girls > Languages. Hispanic American gangs. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book