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Changing Family Identity Through the Quinceañera Ritual

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ID6064762
AuthorsAzucena Verdín (0000-0001-7805-2204, University of North Texas, Denton, USA, corresponding author), Jennifer Camacho (0000-0002-7438-5420, University of North Texas, Denton, USA)
Year2019
Volume41
Issue2
Pages185-196
Publication date2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0739986319837266
OpenAlexW2921565738
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

Prior research has examined the quinceañera’s role in Hispanic female adolescents’ identity development processes, but few have examined the quinceañera as a site of group-level continuity and change whose relevance persists in a post–Great Recession economy. This gap in the family science literature reflects a larger epistemic shortcoming stemming from the field’s use of White mainstream family processes as the reference from which to operationalize normative family values, attitudes, and behaviors. Using historical and demographic data in tandem with contemporary literature on the consumptive behaviors of Hispanic families, we conceptualize the quinceañera as a consistently symbolic, yet flexibly enacted ritual performed by diverse U.S. Hispanic families as they co-construct family identity against the backdrop of changing immigration patterns, fertility rates, and financial practices

Collective identity · Conformity · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Immigration · Mainstream · Normative · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year0,75
Citation span2022 - 2025 (4)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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