Title: Celebrating Debutantes and Quinceaneras
Description: Looking beyond the satin gowns, opera-length gloves, and sparkling tiaras that signify Filipino debutantes and Mexican quinceañeras, Evelyn Ibatan Rodriguez examines the meaning of these coming-of-age rituals for immigrant American families. Celebrating Debutantes and Quinceañeras draws parallels between these communal ceremonies, as they share a commonality in Spanish heritage and Catholicism in a highly ritualized celebration. Rodriguez analyses these rites and festivities to explain what they reveal about the individuals, families, and communities who organize and participate in them.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Teenage girls, Filipino Americans, Anniversaries, Minorities, Coming of age, Mexican Americans, Mexican American teenage girls, Filipino American teenage girls, Minorities, united states, social conditions, Adolescent girls, Filipinos, united states, Immigrants