{"product_id":"quinceanera-style-social-belonging-and-latinx-consumer-identities-hardcover","title":"Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Valentina González\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-winner of the Elli Kongas Maranda Prize, Women's Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A dynamic study of social negotiation and consumerism in the coming-of-age quinceañera celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.\u003cp\u003e 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 status takes center stage. Examining the many facets of this contemporary debut experience, \u003ci\u003eQuinceañera Style \u003c\/i\u003ereports on ethnographic fieldwork in California, Texas, the Midwest, and Mexico City to reveal a complex, compelling story. Along the way, we meet a self-identified transwoman who uses the quinceañera as an intellectual space in her activist performance art. We explore the economic empowerment of women who own barrio boutiques specializing in the quinceañera's many accessories and made-in-China gowns. And, of course, we meet teens themselves, including a vlogger whose quince-planning tips have made her an online sensation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Disrupting assumptions, such as the belief that Latino communities in the United States can't desire upward mobility without abandoning ethnoracial cultural legacies, \u003ci\u003eQuinceañera Style\u003c\/i\u003e also underscores the performative nature of class and the process of constructing a self in the public, digital sphere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Valentina González is an assistant professor of Mexican American and Latina\/o studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a Woodrow Wilson Early Career Fellow and is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRace and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118030688391,"sku":"9781477319680","price":162.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b644f29541613dd7bc5162248601b05b.webp?v=1732529824","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/quinceanera-style-social-belonging-and-latinx-consumer-identities-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}