Homegirls : language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs / / Norma Mendoza-Denton

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 401.41
• Soggetto topico: Youth - Language; Latin Americans - Languages; Teenage girls - Language; Sociolinguistics; Language and culture
• Classificazione: 801.03; 401/.41
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-323) and index.; Includes discography: p. 323.; Includes filmography: p. 323.
• Nota di contenuto: List 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Homegirls
• ISBN: 1-282-34846-9; 9786612348464; 0-470-69372-X; 0-470-69297-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911020017603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New directions in ethnography ; ; 2.