Latina Girls : Voices of Adolescent Strength in the U.S.

Latina Girls : Voices of Adolescent Strength in the U.S.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Denner, Jill
Other Authors: Guzman, Bianca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Sex role > United States.
Hispanic Americans > Ethnic identity.
Hispanic American teenage girls > Psychology.
Hispanic American teenage girls > Social conditions.
Sex role.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 puertorriqueña (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. Guzmán and Jill Denner.
  • 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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.

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