{"product_id":"quinceaera-style-rachel-valentina-gonz-lez-9781477319697","title":"Quinceara Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities","description":"\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 quinceara celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.\u003cp\u003e Quinceara 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\u003eQuinceara 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 quinceara as an intellectual space in her activist performance art. We explore the economic empowerment of women who own barrio boutiques specializing in the quinceara'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\u003eQuinceara 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Valentina Gonz疝ez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477319697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477319697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Rachel Valentina Gonz疝ez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980477104383,"sku":"9781477319697","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a06636da-3161-47ec-8158-e9ca56f3adca.jpg?v=1683250126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quinceaera-style-rachel-valentina-gonz-lez-9781477319697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}