{"product_id":"homegirls-9780631234906","title":"Homegirls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Homegirls should rock the very foundations of criminological understandings of gangs, especially concerning female gang members. If scientific rigor increases the book's impact, no one should begrudge Mendoza-Denton the specialization of the latter chapters. In any case, this is a book about much more than language-or perhaps it reveals language to be much more than we think-and it is well worth picking up for an enlightening glimpse of a population that has been ascribed infamy without being known much at al.\" (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2009)  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eHomegirls, an experimental sociolinguistic ethnography of subaltern others, spans a decade of research by a woman who is keen to examine her position as an outsider\/insider in the research process and the identity formation of her participants: female gang members.” (\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Part reflexive narrative, part engaging ethnography, part fine-grained sociolinguistic study, and part riveting disquisition on the politics of eyeliner, this delightful book twinkles with wit and blazes with empathy and intelligence.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDon Kulick, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Wonderfully written and as riveting as a novel, \u003ci\u003eHomegirls\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique window on the linguistic and ethnographic patterns – and their interrelationship – of Northern California Mexican-American high school students who are members of girl gangs. It's sure to become a classic.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah Tannen, Georgetown University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Mendoza-Denton provides an extraordinary fusion of ethnographic insight and sociolinguistic analysis. I know of no better demonstration of how linguistic and cultural variables are entwined in social interaction.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Labov, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A landmark work in sociocultural linguistics! The breadth and depth are spectacular and the humanistic presentation makes the description captivatingly accessible to both a professional and a public audience.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWalt Wolfram, North Carolina State University\u003c\/i\u003e provides a stunning and innovative linguistic, anthro-political ethnography of how gang-affiliated Latina girls talk, dress, and interact. It is certain to become a classic in the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarjorie Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment of Sources xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 La Migra 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Beginning Fieldwork 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Norte and Sur: Government, School, and Research Perspectives 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Hemispheric Localism: Language, Racialized Nationalism, and the Politicization of Youth 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 \"Muy Macha\": Gendered Performances and the Avoidance of Social Injury 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Smile Now Cry Later: Memorializing Practices Linking Language, Materiality, and Embodiment 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Icons and Exemplars: Ethnographic Approaches in Variationist Sociolinguistics 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Variation in a Community of Practice 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 \"That's the Whole Thing [\u003ci\u003etin\u003c\/i\u003e]!\": Discourse Markers and Teenage Speech 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 328\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403459141975,"sku":"9780631234906","price":33.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631234906.jpg?v=1730483535","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/homegirls-9780631234906","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}