Once Upon a Quinceanera

Once Upon a Quinceanera

Author: Monica Gomez-Hira

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 0062996851

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Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jane the Virgin, this immediately accessible and irresistibly fun rom-com debut will spin readers into an unforgettable summer of late-night dancing, broken hearts, second chances, and telenovela twists. Carmen Aguilar just wants to make her happily ever after come true. Except apparently “happily ever after” for Carmen involves being stuck in an unpaid summer internship. Now she has to perform as a party princess! In a ball gown. During the summer. In Miami. Fine. Except that’s only the first misfortune in what’s turning out to be a summer of Utter Disaster. But if Carmen can manage dancing in the blistering heat, fending off an oh-so-unfortunately attractive ex, and stopping her spoiled cousin from ruining her own quinceañera—Carmen might just get that happily ever after—after all.


Once Upon a Quinceanera

Once Upon a Quinceanera

Author: Julia Alvarez

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-08-02

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 110121340X

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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.


Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen

Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen

Author: Veronica Chambers

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 2001-03-19

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Eagerly anticipating her Quinceañera, the fifteenth birthday celebration that will signify her adulthood, Marisol is troubled by a lack of money, her mother's new boyfriend, changes in her best friend, and the absence of the father she never knew.


Once Upon a Quinceañera

Once Upon a Quinceañera

Author: Julia Alvarez

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780670038732

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A cultural exploration of the Latina fifteenth birthday celebration traces the experiences of a Queens teen who encounters anticipation and stress while preparing for her quinceañera, in an account that documents the history of the celebration's traditions as well as its growing popularity throughout America.


The Fiesta Dress

The Fiesta Dress

Author: Caren McNelly McCormack

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780761454670

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A little sister comes to the rescue at her big sister's quinceanera


La Quinceañera

La Quinceañera

Author: Carmen Baca

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-17

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13:

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THE TRADITIONAL QUINCEAÑERA is Marguerite Quintanilla's special celebration, replete with splendid garments, gifts, and decorations. But a little girl disappears from the event, and another vanishes from the same location five years later. No one can explain how Marguerite's last doll, a Quince gift, connects the two. Before she leaves the town of Pajarillo to begin her religious life, Marguerite gives away the rest of her Quince gifts: her first pair of high heels, the tiara, the scepter--all the regalos go to people special to her. But the gifts come with peculiar gifts of their own and begin to alter their new owners in particular ways. Two strangers and an unseen threat drawing its power from an ancient lost world mean that all is not what it seems, and immortal souls are at risk.


Quinceañera!

Quinceañera!

Author: Michele Salcedo

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9780805044652

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A comprehensive guide to the quincean+a1era, an all-day fifteenth birthday party that signifies a Latina's passage into womanhood, offers advice on such topics as choosing the "court of honor" and selecting invitations, dresses, and caterers. 25,000 first printing.


Quinceañera

Quinceañera

Author: Ilan Stavans

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-02-09

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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This volume compiled by Ilan Stavans examines the importance of ritual and celebration and the quinceañera celebration's growing social importance to in the Latino community, particularly in the United States. The essays explore the quinceañera and the coming-of-age ritual from various angles. Prior to 2007, the quinceañera received no formal ritual through the Catholic Church, which has since issued one. As such, the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the quinceañera celebration is given extensive consideration. Gender, family status, class, race, as well as the aspects of performance are all discussed as central themes of the celebration. Delving through myriad perspectives, Quinceañeras illuminates the festivities' form and function in creating social and personal identity within the family and the larger Latino community.


Quinceañera Style

Quinceañera Style

Author: Rachel Valentina González

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1477319697

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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.