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Contents Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Una Cordial Invitación 1 Chapter 2  “No Two Are the Same”: Quinceañera and Debut Rituals and Performances 24 Chapter 3  Lazos/Ties That Bind: Quinceañera and Debut Social Networks 38 Chapter 4 Pagdadalaga/Blossoming: Becoming the Debutante 61 Chapter 5 Traviesos/Troublemakers 110 Chapter 6  Pagalaala Na/Just a Remembrance: The Work of Making Memories 140 Chapter 7 Conclusion: The After-Party 162 Appendix  Nandiyan Lang/Just over (T)Here: Ethnographic Reflections on Researching American Immigrant Families 179 Notes 185 references 193 Index 205 • ...

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