Language and cultural practice among latina youth gangs new directions in ethnography pdf. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Language and cultural practice among latina youth gangs is a study in socio cultural linguistics. Norma mendoza denton is associate professor of anthropology at the university of arizona, and author of homegirls. Northsouth youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist norma mendozadenton looks at the daily lives of young latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic. Norma mendozadenton spent two years building relationships with the young latina women of sor.
She worked previously as an assistant professor at ohio state university. Reviewed by robert garot, john jay college of criminal. David raichlen is an assistant professor of biological anthropology at the university of arizona. Language and cultural practice among latina youth gangs 2008. Homegirls should rock the very foundations of criminological understandings of gangs, especially concerning female gang members. Mendoza chapter 9 of homegirls by norma mendoza denton 2008. They provided steadfast love and support, driving instruction for the right side of the road, and a car without which running after schoolkids would have been dif. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box.
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