Table of Contents:
  • 1. Buscando la identidad : conceptualizing and what it means to be Mexicana/o and Chicana/o
  • 2. Stepping stones : revisiting research on immigrant youth and native minorities
  • 3. Youths of Mexican descent : falling between the cracks, falling into the frontera abyss
  • 4. Escuchando las voces de la juventud, listening to youths' voices
  • 5. Latina/o youth cultures : the crossroads and collisions of colors, customs, and style
  • 6. Serpent tongues, social hierarchies, and national citizenship : the splitting of border languages and cultures between Latina/o youths
  • 7. Discussion and conclusion : negotiating the middle spaces of Mexicanness and other possibilities.