Homegirls

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norte a and Sure a (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural...
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Author: Mendoza-Denton
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Language: English
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Homegirls by Mendoza-Denton

Homegirls

$176.22

Homegirls

$176.22
Author: Mendoza-Denton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In this ground-breaking new book on the Norte a and Sure a (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. Her engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic study reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among Latina gang girls in California, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity.

  • An engrossing account of the Norte and Sur girl gangs - the largest Latino gangs in California
  • Traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles
  • Explores the relationship between language and the body: one of the most striking aspects of the tattoos, make-up, and clothing of the gang members
  • Unlike other studies - which focus on violence, fighting and drugs - Mendoza-Denton delves into the commonly-overlooked cultural and linguistic aspects of youth gangs


Author: Mendoza-Denton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 12/18/2007
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.40w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780631234906

About the Author
Norma Mendoza-Denton is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and the founder and director of the Linguistic Anthropology Research and Teaching Laboratory.

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