Celebrating debutantes and quinceañeras coming of age in American ethnic communities - Rodriguez, Evelyn Ibatan (Philadelphia Temple University Press, 2013)
Una cordial invitación -- "No two are the same": quinceañera and debut rituals and performances -- Lazos/Ties that bind: quinceañera and debut social networks -- Pagdadalaga/Blossoming: becoming the debutante -- Traviesos/Troublemakers -- Pag alaala na/Just a remembrance: the work of making memories -- Conclusion: the after-party.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Minorities -- United States -- Social life and customs; Coming of age -- United States; Teenage girls -- United States -- Anniversaries; Filipino Americans -- Social life and customs; Filipino American teenage girls -- Social life and customs; Mexican Americans -- Social life and customs; Mexican American teenage girls -- Social life and customs