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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs - New Directions in Ethnography
Mendoza-Denton, Norma (University of Arizona)
Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs - New Directions in Ethnography
Mendoza-Denton, Norma (University of Arizona)
In this ground-breaking new book on the Nortena and Surena (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 affiliations and ideologies.
360 pages, illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 12, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780631234890 |
Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Pages | 354 |
Dimensions | 160 × 236 × 25 mm · 662 g |