Pragmatics of culture -- Setting and methodology -- Girls in the "hood" -- Machismo and femenididad: family patterns in the Varrio -- Bitches, 'ho's, and schoolgirls: peer culture and patterns of behavior -- Sex and love -- Chicanas and schooling -- Girls and gangs -- Las surenĚas locas: the homegirls of Varrio Granos.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-174) and index.