Homegirls: language and cultural practice among latina youth gangs
Auteur :
Mendoza-Denton, Norma
Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780631234906
Date de publication :
11 déc. 2007
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,4 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
458 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.