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No prior scholarly approach to [the quinceanera] compares with Rachel Valentina Gonzalez's brilliant analysis...Quinceanera Style delivers on its promise to bring out an analysis for the twenty-first century of an established yet ever-evolving tradition in the Americas...In more ways than one, Quinceanera Style articulates the underlying reasons why families would spend beyond their means to honor their daughter's transition from childhood to adulthood. * Journal of Folklore Research *

A richly nuanced study. * New Books in Folklore * No prior scholarly approach to [the quinceanera] compares with Rachel Valentina Gonzalez's brilliant analysis...Quinceanera Style delivers on its promise to bring out an analysis for the twenty-first century of an established yet ever-evolving tradition in the Americas...In more ways than one, Quinceanera Style articulates the underlying reasons why families would spend beyond their means to honor their daughter's transition from childhood to adulthood. * Journal of Folklore Research *

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Rachel Valentina GonzÁlez is an assistant professor of Mexican American and Latina/o studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She was a Woodrow Wilson Early Career Fellow and is the coeditor of Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture.

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