Latina girls : voices of adolescent strength in the United States /

Latinas are now the largest minority group of girls in the country. Yet the research about this group is sparse, and there is a lack of information to guide studies, services or education for the rapidly growing Latino population across the U.S. The existing research has focused on stereotypical per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Guzmán, Bianca L. (Bianca Lucrecia) (Editor ), Denner, Jill (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sex role > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American teenage girls > Psychology.
Hispanic American teenage girls > Social conditions.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis.
Adolescentes américaines d'origine latino-américaine > Psychologie.
Adolescentes américaines d'origine latino-américaine > Conditions sociales.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Adolescent.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Sex role.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Latina girls transforming cultures, contexts, and selves / Jill Denner and Bianca Guzmán
  • Los papas, la familia y la sexualidad / Bianca L. Guzmán, 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 [and others]
  • Resistance to race and gender oppression : Dominican high school girls in New York City / Nancy López
  • 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 [and others]
  • Cien porciento puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican, one hundred percent) / Xaé 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. Guzmán and Jill Denner.

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