Quinceañera style : social belonging and Latinx consumer identities /

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Quinceañera celebrations, which recognize a girl's transition to young womanhood at age fifteen, are practiced in Latinx communities throughout the Americas. But in the consumer-driven United States, the ritual has evolved from a largely religious ceremony to an elaborate party where social st...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gonzalez, Rachel Valentina (Author)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2019
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
2000-2099
Quinceañera (Social custom) > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Social life and customs > 21st century.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American consumers > United States.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Mœurs et coutumes > 21e siècle.
Consommateurs américains d'origine latino-américaine > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Hispanic American consumers.
Hispanic Americans > Social life and customs.
Quinceañera (Social custom)
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Coming out Latinx
  • Quinceañera style and class performativity
  • Identity off the rack : selling quinceañera dresses and manufacturing identities in the experience economy
  • Coming of age in the digital barrio : quinceañera as a product in cultural economies online
  • Made in Mexico, USA : beauty professionals and the manufacturing of quinceañera beauty culture
  • Ambivalent embodiment : reconstituting quinceañera performance space
  • Conclusion. Rights/rites and representation : reading Latinx social performance.

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