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Title Latina girls : voices of adolescent strength in the United States / edited by Jill Denner and Bianca L. Guzman.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2006]
2006

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Latina girls transforming cultures, contexts, and selves / Jill Denner and Bianca Guzman -- Los papas, la familia y la sexualidad / Bianca L. Guzman, Elise Arruda, and Aida Feria -- Confianza, consejos and contradictions : gender and sexuality lessons between Latina adolescent daughters and mothers / Jennifer Ayala -- La casa : negotiating family cultural practices, constructing identities / Angela Gallegos-Castillo -- Promoting values of education in Latino mother-adolescent discussions about conflict and sexuality / Laura F. Romo ... [et al.] -- Resistance to race and gender oppression : Dominican high school girls in New York City / Nancy Lopez -- La escuela : young Latina women negotiating identities in school / Melissa Hyams -- Latina adolescents' career goals : resources for overcoming obstacles / Wendy Rivera and Ronald Gallimore --
Career expectations and goals of Latina adolescents : results from a nationwide study / Deborah Marlino and Fiona Wilson -- Latina adolescents' sexual health : a participatory empowerment approach / Gary W. Harper ... [et al.] -- Cien porciento puertorriquena (Puerto Rican, one hundred percent) / Xae Alicia Reyes -- Getting connected : the expanding use of technology among Latina girls / Robert Fairlie and Rebecca London -- La felicidad : predictors of life satisfaction and well-being among Latina girls / Charu Thakral and Elizabeth Vera -- La salud : Latina adolescents constructing identities, negotiating health decisions / Yvette Flores -- Latina adolescent motherhood : a turning point? / Stephen Russell and Faye Lee -- Latina girls, social science and transformation / Bianca L. Guzman and Jill Denner.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Hispanic American teenage girls -- Social conditions.
Hispanic American teenage girls -- Psychology.
Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Sex role -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Denner, Jill, editor.
Guzman, Bianca L. (Bianca Lucrecia), editor.
Other Form: Print version: Latina girls : voices of adolescent strength in the United States. New York : New York University Press, [2006] viii, 251 pages ; 24 cm 9780814719763
ISBN 9780814719763 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814719767 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814719770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814719775 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814785447 (e-book)

 
    
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