Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself : : Latina Girls and Sexual Identity / / Lorena Garcia.

Exploring young Latina youth's sexual agency, education, and expressionWhile Latina girls have high teen birth rates and are at increasing risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections, their sexual lives are much more complex than the negative stereotypes of them as “helpless” or “risky...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Intersections ; 14
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Studying the “Other” Girls
  • 2. “She’s Old School Like That”: Mother and Daughter Sex Talks
  • 3. The Sexual (Mis)Education of Latina Girls
  • 4. “Handlin’ Your Business”: Sexual Respectability and Peers
  • 5. Playing Lil’ Games: Partners and Safe-Sex Strategies
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Profile of Research Participants
  • Appendix B: Methodological Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author