Homegirls in the Public Sphere

by Marie "Keta" Miranda

Book Overview

Girls in gangs are usually treated as objects of public criticism and rejection. Seldom are they viewed as objects worthy of understanding and even more rarely are they allowed to be active subjects who craft their own public persona-which is what makes this work unique. In this book, Marie "Keta" Miranda presents the results of an ethnographic collaboration with Chicana gang members, in which they contest popular and academic representations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292701926
• ISBN13: 9780292701922
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"