An edition of Homegirls
(2007)
Homegirls
Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs (New Directions in Ethnography)
by Norma Mendoza-Denton
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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.
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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| Edition | Availability |
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs
2020, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
1119155169 9781119155164
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs
2014, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
1118910877 9781118910870
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs
2008, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
in English
0470692979 9780470692974
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs
2008, Wiley & Sons, Limited, John
in English
047069372X 9780470693728
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Homegirls: language and cultural practice among Latina youth gangs
2008, Blackwell Pub.
in English
0631234896 9780631234890
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs (New Directions in Ethnography)
December 21, 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
Hardcover
in English
0631234896 9780631234890
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Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs (New Directions in Ethnography)
December 21, 2007, Wiley-Blackwell, Blackwell Pub.
Paperback
in English
063123490X 9780631234906
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