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Latinas attempting suicide : when cultures, families, and daughters collide / Luis H. Zayas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zayas, Luis H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic American teenage girls--Suicidal behavior.
- Hispanic American teenage girls.
- Youth--Suicidal behavior--United States.
- Youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Among teenage Latinas in the United States, suicide attempts occur at rates sometimes twice as high as other youth. This book looks into the development of young Latinas, girls caught between two cultures, struggling to reconcile them.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. First, the Family; 2. A Brief History; 3. Contexts of Development; 4. Daughters, Familism, and Adulthood; 5. New Findings; 6. Anatomy of the Suicide Attempt; 7. Explanations; 8. Saving Young Latinas; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Credits; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-997790-9
- 9786613129420
- 1-283-12942-6
- 0-19-987595-2
- OCLC:
- 922970513
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