Quinceañera
By: edited by Ilan Stavans.
Contributors: Stavans, Ilan.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313358258
Subjects: Quinceañera (Social custom) -- United States; Hispanic American teenage girls -- Social life and customs; Sex role -- United States; Hispanic Americans -- Social life and customs; Hispanic Americans -- Rites and ceremonies; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity; United States -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Ilan Stavans; title: pt. 1. Preparativos; title: Quinceañera debutante : rites and regalia of American debdom / by Karal Ann Marling; title: Making gender and ethnic identities / by Karen Mary Dávalos; title: The power of ritual in the Chicano community : a young woman's status and expanding family ties / by Ruth Horowitz; title: From church blessings to quinceañera Barbie? : America as "spiritual benefactor" in la quinceañera / by Kristen Deiter; title: Becoming a mujercita / by Valentina Napolitano; title: Performance of race, culture, class, and religion in the Sommerville community / by Sara Arcaya; title: pt. 2. Testimonios; title: Give us this day / by Judith Ortiz-Cofer; title: La bendición / by Julia Alvarez; title: A conversation with Francisca "Panchita" Dávila.