Homegirls : language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs / Norma Mendoza-Denton.
Concentrating on California's largest Latino girl gangs - the Norte and Sur gangs - this text traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles. The book also explores the relationship betwee...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2008.
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| Series: | New directions in ethnography ;
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | Concentrating on California's largest Latino girl gangs - the Norte and Sur gangs - this text traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles. The book also explores the relationship between language and the body in these gangs. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-323) and index. Includes discography: p. 323. Includes filmography: p. 323. |
| ISBN: | 0631234896 063123490X 9780631234890 9780631234906 |