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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs - New Directions in Ethnography Mendoza-Denton, Norma (University of Arizona)
Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs - New Directions in Ethnography
Mendoza-Denton, Norma (University of Arizona)
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.
360 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 3, 2008 |
| Original release date | 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780631234890 |
| Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Pages | 354 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 236 × 25 mm · 653 g |