Download or read book Quincea era Style written by Rachel Valentina González and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quinceañera celebrations, which recognize a girl’s transition to young womanhood at age fifteen, are practiced in Latinx communities throughout the Americas. But in the consumer-driven United States, the ritual has evolved from a largely religious ceremony to an elaborate party where social status takes center stage. Examining the many facets of this contemporary debut experience, Quinceañera Style reports on ethnographic fieldwork in California, Texas, the Midwest, and Mexico City to reveal a complex, compelling story. Along the way, we meet a self-identified transwoman who uses the quinceañera as an intellectual space in her activist performance art. We explore the economic empowerment of women who own barrio boutiques specializing in the quinceañera’s many accessories and made-in-China gowns. And, of course, we meet teens themselves, including a vlogger whose quince-planning tips have made her an online sensation. Disrupting assumptions, such as the belief that Latino communities in the United States can’t desire upward mobility without abandoning ethnoracial cultural legacies, Quinceañera Style also underscores the performative nature of class and the process of constructing a self in the public, digital sphere.
Download or read book Quincea era Style written by Rachel Valentina González and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quinceañera celebrations, which recognize a girl’s transition to young womanhood at age fifteen, are practiced in Latinx communities throughout the Americas. But in the consumer-driven United States, the ritual has evolved from a largely religious ceremony to an elaborate party where social status takes center stage. Examining the many facets of this contemporary debut experience, Quinceañera Style reports on ethnographic fieldwork in California, Texas, the Midwest, and Mexico City to reveal a complex, compelling story. Along the way, we meet a self-identified transwoman who uses the quinceañera as an intellectual space in her activist performance art. We explore the economic empowerment of women who own barrio boutiques specializing in the quinceañera’s many accessories and made-in-China gowns. And, of course, we meet teens themselves, including a vlogger whose quince-planning tips have made her an online sensation. Disrupting assumptions, such as the belief that Latino communities in the United States can’t desire upward mobility without abandoning ethnoracial cultural legacies, Quinceañera Style also underscores the performative nature of class and the process of constructing a self in the public, digital sphere.
Download or read book Quincea era Style written by Rachel Valentina Gonzalez and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quinceanera Connection written by Priscilla Mills and published by Quinceanera Connection. This book was released on 2007 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miss Quinces A Graphic Novel written by Kat Fajardo and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceanera! A funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about navigating the expectations of family and cultural tradition. Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which means no texting, no cable, and no Internet! The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother announces that they'll be having a surprise quinceanera for Sue, which is the last thing she wants. She can't imagine wearing a big, floofy, colorful dress! What is Sue going to do? And how will she survive all this "quality" time with her rambunctious family? Miss Quinces/Srta. Quinces is the first graphic novel published by Scholastic/Graphix to be simultaneously released in English and Spanish editions!
Download or read book Estrella s Quincea era written by Malin Alegria and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this touching debut novel, Estrella Alvarez is about to turn 15, and there's nothing her meddling mother and T'a Lucky want more than to throw her a gaudy "quinceaera"--a party that Estrella would rather avoid.
Download or read book Quinceanera Dances written by Geno Garcia and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the complete beginners guide to understanding and preparing your Quinceañera dances. A Quinceañera is a wonderful and exciting Mexican tradition, celebrating a young girls 15th birthday, and transition from being a girl to being a young lady. The quince event has several important traditional dances, that celebrate and commemorate this rite of passage. There are several specific dances the Quince girl, and her family, must learn & prepare for the big day. Dances ranging from, the Father-Daughter Dance, all the way to the very popular "Surprise Dance" and everything in between.In this first ever, Quinceañeara Dance book, Quinceañera planner & Choreographer Geno Garcia, explains all the quinceañera "traditional" and "new style dances" you need to know. This amazing beginners guide, gives you all the secret tips and pointers, to help you have a great Waltz (Vals), Suprise Dance, Entrada, & Father Daughter dance, plus key info on the 5 other quince traditional dances. You'll learn, how many dances you should have & the correct order to dance them at your quince. You'll find great song ideas to use for each of your dances. Wardrobe & costume ideas to make your dances look better and stand out more on the dance floor, a section on special ways to improve your practices with your court of honor, so that your dances look beautiful, organized, and exciting. And ways to avoid embarrassing beginner mistakes & drama like people "stepping on your dress", how to prevent people from accidentally "knocking off your corona", or having the DJ make a mistake with your music, and a lot, lot, more! This book shares all the Quinceañera best kept secrets to organizing and making perfect Quinceañera and sweet 16 style dances. This complete beginners guide, to Quince dances, is now available to help make your event organized, stress free, and XV dances turn out perfect! It's like having a Quinceañera dance planner there to guide you step-by-step with each of your dances, from beginning to end.Geno Garcia QuinceaneraLessons.com Phoenix, Arizona
Download or read book Quinceanera Makeup Chart Journal written by Acequia Publications and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Quinceanera Make-Up Chart Journal is ideal for helping plan your perfect Quinceanera Look. Inspiration board pages are included to explore themes, color palettes, fashion, music and more. Use the corresponding face charts to design every detail of the make-up to go with the look on. Quality paper can be used with real make up products. Dot grid pages also allow you to create sketches, paste in images, keep further notes, and brainstorm additional elements of your Quinceanera style. Special Checklist pages are included at the end of the book so you can keep track of tasks and deadlines. Makes a perfect keepsake so you will always remember the fun you had planning your special day. Features: Inspiration board pages Makeup Chart & Notes pages Paper can be used with real make up products Dot grid pages Checklist pages Special Keepsake
Download or read book I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter written by Erika L. Sánchez and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American home. Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal? “Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner. ”—The New York Times “Unique and fresh.” —Entertainment Weekly “A standout.” —NPR
Download or read book The UX Five Second Rules written by Paul Doncaster and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five-second test is one of the most convenient rapid UX testing methods available, although its value can be compromised by ignoring the restrictions of the method. The Five-Second Rules uses detailed examples from a collection of more than 300 tests to describe the strengths and weaknesses of this rapid testing method. Readers will learn about the "five-second rules" for getting useful data, and will explore what types of design issues can be resolved by using the method. A five-second test (also known as "timeout test" and "exposure test") involves displaying a visual or informational design for five seconds, removing it from view, then asking what aspects were recalled most easily or vividly. The goal is to understand what stands out most about a design or product, and the impact on the viewer's perception of it. - Describes the origins of the method and its usefulness in modern UX design research and testing - Conveys the need to structure tests carefully so that time, effort, and money are not wasted, and compiled data is not misleading - Fosters an appreciation for the method's outcomes and how they can contribute to the success or failure of a proposed design
Download or read book My Quinceanera Makeup Chart Journal written by Acequia Publications and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Quinceanera Make-Up Chart Journal is ideal for helping plan your perfect Quinceanera Look. Inspiration board pages are included to explore themes, color palettes, fashion, music and more. Use the corresponding face charts to design every detail of the make-up to go with the look on. Quality paper can be used with real make up products. Dot grid pages also allow you to create sketches, paste in images, keep further notes, and brainstorm additional elements of your Quinceanera style. Special Checklist pages are included at the end of the book so you can keep track of tasks and deadlines. Makes a perfect keepsake so you will always remember the fun you had planning your special day. Features: Inspiration board pages Makeup Chart & Notes pages Paper can be used with real make up products Dot grid pages Checklist pages Special Keepsake
Download or read book Once Upon a Quinceanera written by Julia Alvarez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a “phenomenal, indispensable” (USA Today) exploration of the Latina “sweet fifteen” celebration, by the bestselling author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies The quinceañera, a celebration of a Latina girl’s fifteenth birthday, has become a uniquely American trend. This lavish party with ball gowns, multi-tiered cakes, limousines, and extravagant meals is often as costly as a prom or a wedding. But many Latina girls feel entitled to this rite of passage, marking a girl’s entrance into womanhood, and expect no expense to be spared, even in working-class families. Acclaimed author Julia Alvarez explores the history and cultural significance of the “quince” in the United States, and the consequences of treating teens like princesses. Through her observations of a quince in Queens, interviews with other quince girls, and the memories of her own experience as a young immigrant, Alvarez presents a thoughtful and entertaining portrait of a rapidly growing multicultural phenomenon, and passionately emphasizes the importance of celebrating Latina womanhood.
Download or read book Wedding Cakes with Lorelie Step by Step written by Lorelie Carvey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the Joy and Delight of Creating Amazing Wedding Cakes from Scratch. Lorelie Carvey will show you how to make and decorate the perfect wedding cake. The award-winning pastry chef has spent over thirty years perfecting her techniques and now offers advice that will ensure a sweet memory for your bride's special day. From the first idea to the spectacular result, Carvey guides you through everything you need to know to make the ultimate dream dessert. She includes her favorite recipes, like her chocolate buttermilk cake, hazelnut cake, chocolate mousse, lemon cream cheese, Italian meringue buttercream, and so much more. Carvey personally perfected each recipe during her baking career. In addition to recipes, Carvey clearly and comprehensively explains and demonstrates (with detailed photos) the baking and decorating techniques so you can create your unique cake design. With her own guide to ingredients, cooking methods, baking utensils, and decorating tips, you'll have everything you need to create a magnificent wedding cake that will be remembered and cherished by everyone. Your purchase comes with benefits including...a membership to Lorelie's exclusive cake support group, step by step video, a discount coupon for Cake Stackers, printable guides to pan sizes with number of servings, cups of batter, baking temperatures, baking times and cups of icing to frost and decorate. It also includes a guide to bakers measures and equivalents, emergency substitutions, cake ingredients, functions, fails and causes, a photo tutorial of delivering your cakes, plus cake decorating ideas and instruction.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Design Your Quinceanera Dress written by Marjb Design Skechbooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sketchbook Features figure templates to sketch your designs spaces to write the design style, trend, inspiration, textile spaces to draw details and color or stick fabric swatches perfectly sized to carry along anywhere or put on your bedside table This design sketchbook can help design anyone's dream Quinceanera dress. Also a perfect gift to give to family friends party planners costume designers dress designers
Download or read book The Fiesta Dress written by Caren McNelly McCormack and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2009 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little sister comes to the rescue at her big sister's quinceanera
Download or read book The Distance Between Us written by Reyna Grande and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border. Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling...unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father. Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. Also available in Spanish as La distancia entre nosotros.
