Homegirls - Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs (New Directions in Ethnography)

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.

Categories: Young Adult (YA)