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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Main Author: Mendoza-Denton, Norma (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2008]
Series:New directions in ethnography ; 2.
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