Respect yourself, protect yourself : Latina girls and sexual identity /
Lorena Garcia.
- New York : New York University, c2012.
- xi, 218 p. ; 25 cm.
- Intersections .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-207) and index.
Acknowledgments viii -- Introduction : studying the "other" girls -- "She's old school like that" : mother and daughter sex talks -- The sexual (mis)education of Latina girls -- "Handlin" your business? : sexual respectability and peers -- Playing Lil' games : partners and safe-sex strategies -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Profile of research participants -- Appendix B: Methodological notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Hispanic American teenage girls--Psychology.--United States Self-perception in adolescence--United States. Gender identity--United States. Sex instruction for girls--United States.