An edition of Homegirls (2007)
Homegirls
Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs (New Directions in Ethnography)
By Norma Mendoza-Denton
Publish Date
December 21, 2007
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell,Blackwell Pub.
Language
eng
Pages
360
Description:
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.
subjects: Language, Language and culture, Languages, Latin Americans, Sociolinguistics, Teenage girls, Youth, Adolescent girls, Hispanic American teenage girls, Hispanic American gangs, Youth--language, Latin americans--languages, Teenage girls--language, Hispanic american teenage girls--languages, P120.y68 m46 2008, 401/.41, Language & linguistics, Language & culture