Quinceañera Style – Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities González

Quinceaera StyleSocial Belonging and Latinx Consumer Identities\nAuthor(s): Rachel Valentina Gonzlez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477319680, 978-1477319680\nSynopsis\nWinner of the Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association\nCo-winner of the Elli Kongas Maranda Prize, Women's Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS)\n\n A dynamic study of social negotiation and consumerism in the coming-of-age quinceaera celebration and the impact of normalizing spectacles of luxury.\n\n Quinceaera celebrations, which recognize a girls 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,.