LEADER 05472nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910144425603321 005 20170814191132.0 010 $a1-282-34846-9 010 $a9786612348464 010 $a0-470-69372-X 010 $a0-470-69297-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000687396 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH3922838 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298816 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254042 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298816 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235874 035 $a(PQKB)10417426 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470642 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000687396 100 $a20070430d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHomegirls$b[electronic resource] $elanguage and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs /$fNorma Mendoza-Denton 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aNew directions in ethnography ;$v2 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-631-23490-X 311 $a0-631-23489-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-323) and index. 320 $aIncludes discography: p. 323. 320 $aIncludes filmography: p. 323. 327 $aList of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgments. Acknowledgment of Sources. Introduction. 1. La Migra. 2. Beginning Fieldwork. 3. Norte and Sur: Government, School, and Research Perspectives. 4. Hemispheric Localism: Language, Racialized Nationalism, and the Politicization of Youth. 5. 'Muy Macha': Gendered Performances and the Avoidance of Social Injury. 6. Smile Now Cry Later: Memorializing Practices Linking Language, Materiality, And Embodiment. 7. Icons and Exemplars: Ethnographic Approaches in Variationist Sociolinguistics. 8. Variation in a Community of Practice. 9. 'That's the whole thing [t5iN]!': Discourse Markers and Teenage Speech. 10. Conclusion. References. Appendix. Index 330 $aConcentrating 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. 330 $bIn this ground-breaking new book on the NorteTha and SureTha (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 In this ground-breaking new book on the NorteTha/SureTha (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 to signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. She analyzes their use of language as well as social and cultural practices such as the circulation of poetry, photographs, and drawings, and also their practices around makeup and bodily presentation. Through this detailed exploration, Homegirls examines the localized North-South rivalry between the bilingual, English-speaking and Americanized Norte girls and the Mexican or Latin-American-oriented, Spanish-speaking Sur girls. Mendoza-Denton uncovers a new dimension to studies of youth styles, where gang members are innovative not only in terms of dress, make-up, and music, but also by participating in crucial processes of language variation and change. This engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic book reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among youth, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity. 410 0$aNew directions in ethnography ;$v2. 606 $aYouth$xLanguage 606 $aLatin Americans$xLanguages 606 $aTeenage girls$xLanguage 606 $aSociolinguistics 606 $aLanguage and culture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aYouth$xLanguage. 615 0$aLatin Americans$xLanguages. 615 0$aTeenage girls$xLanguage. 615 0$aSociolinguistics. 615 0$aLanguage and culture. 676 $a401.41 700 $aMendoza-Denton$b Norma$0855372 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910144425603321 996 $aHomegirls$91909574 997 $aUNINA