Latina girls
Subtitle: voices of adolescent strength in the United States
By: edited by Jill Denner and Bianca L. Guzmán
Contributors: Denner, Jill; Guzmán, Bianca Lucrecia
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Hispanic American teenage girls -- Social conditions; Hispanic American teenage girls -- Psychology; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity; Sex role -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Latina girls transforming cultures, contexts, and selves / Jill Denner and Bianca Guzmán; title: Los papas, la familia y la sexualidad / Bianca L. Guzmán, Elise Arruda, and Aida Feria; title: Confianza, consejos and contradictions : gender and sexuality lessons between Latina adolescent daughters and mothers / Jennifer Ayala; title: La casa : negotiating family cultural practices, constructing identities  / Angela Gallegos-Castillo; title: Promoting values of education in Latino mother-adolescent discussions about conflict and sexuality / Laura F. Romo ... [et al.]; title: Resistance to race and gender oppression : Dominican high school girls in New York City / Nancy López; title: La escuela : young Latina women negotiating identities in school / Melissa Hyams; title: Latina adolescents' career goals : resources for overcoming obstacles / Wendy Rivera and Ronald Gallimore; title: Career expectations and goals of Latina adolescents : results from a nationwide study / Deborah Marlino and Fiona Wilson; title: Latina adolescents' sexual health : a participatory empowerment approach / Gary W. Harper ... [et al.]; title: Cien porciento puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican, one hundred percent) / Xaé Alicia Reyes; title: Getting connected : the expanding use of technology among Latina girls / Robert Fairlie and Rebecca London; title: La felicidad : predictors of life satisfaction and well-being among Latina girls / Charu Thakral and Elizabeth Vera; title: La salud : Latina adolescents constructing identities, negotiating health decisions / Yvette Flores; title: Latina adolescent motherhood : a turning point? / Stephen Russell and Faye Lee; title: Latina girls, social science and transformation / Bianca L. Guzmán and Jill Denner