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Informationen zum Autor Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture and Amherst College and the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Latino Literature Prize, the Antonia Pantoja Award, Chile's Presidential Medal, and the Ruben Dario Distinction. Klappentext This volume compiled by Ilan Stavans examines the importance of ritual and celebration and the quinceañera celebration's growing social importance to in the Latino community, particularly in the United States. The essays explore the quinceañera and the coming-of-age ritual from various angles. Prior to 2007, the quinceañera received no formal ritual through the Catholic Church, which has since issued one. As such, the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the quinceañera celebration is given extensive consideration. Gender, family status, class, race, as well as the aspects of performance are all discussed as central themes of the celebration. Delving through myriad perspectives, Quinceañeras illuminates the festivities' form and function in creating social and personal identity within the family and the larger Latino community. Zusammenfassung This volume compiled by Ilan Stavans examines the importance of ritual and celebration and the quinceanera celebration's growing social importance to in the Latino community! particularly in the United States. As such! the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the quinceanera celebration is given extensive consideration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword by Ilan Stavans Introduction I PREPARATIVOS Quinceañera Debutante: Rites and Regalia of American Debdom Karal Ann Marling La Quinceañera: Making Gender and Ethnic Identities Karen Mary Dávalos The Power of Ritual in a Chicano Community: A Young Woman's Status and Expanding Family Ties Ruth Horowitz From Church Blessing to Quinceañera Barbie®: America as "Spiritual Benefactor" in La Quinceañera Kristen Deiter Becoming a Mujercita: Rituals, Fiestas, and Religious Discourses Valentina Napolitano Performances of Race, Culture, Class, and Religion in the Somerville Community Sara Arcaya II TESTIMONIOS Give Us This Day Judith Ortiz-Cofer La Bendición Julia Alvarez A Conversation with Francisca "Panchita" Dávila Selected Bibliography Index About the Editor and Contributors ...
