Chicana Traditions
Subtitle: Continuity and Change
Contributors: Norma E. Cantu (Editor); Olga Najera-Ramirez (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780252027017
Subjects: Multicultural studies; Hispanic Americans In The U.S.; Sociology Of Women; Social Science; Sociology; Mexico; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; Folklore; Intellectual life; Mexican American arts; Mexican American women; Social life and customs
First sentence: As girls reach puberty, certain markers signal the expected gender-specific behaviors-religious and otherwise-in Mexican American culture.