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Suenos Americanos, Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identites
by Cammarota, Julio
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Tucson; (2008): The University of Arizona Press. First Edition. Octavo. . First printing.199pp. From 1993 to 2000 the author interviewed and observed Latino youth between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four who lived in a barrio in a city on the California coast. He conducted forty life interviews, selecting six people to investigate in depth. Twenty of the participants worked at a fast-food restaurant, while the other twenty worked at a community cultural cent. This is one of the most extensive studies of barrio youth available, It concludes with a discussion of social justice education for Latino youth and how this educational approach meets their academic needs while providing opportunities for self-determination and community activism. A fine bright copy bound in red cloth, spine lettering black, in fine bright pictorial dust jacket.
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- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021946
- Title
- Suenos Americanos, Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identites
- Author
- Cammarota, Julio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press
- Place of Publication
- Tucson; (2008)
- Keywords
- Barrio Latino Youth First Edition 1st Dust Jacket
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; California;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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