{"product_id":"9780060580766","title":"Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy, in the minds of most Americans, are Latinas still thought of as maids, seductresses, and booty-shaking salsa divas?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever has the concept of Latina identity been more relevant. Also, never has there been a new generation of Latinas so ready to say what they mean and even criticize the Latina generation that preceded them. Until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBorder-Line Personalities\u003c\/i\u003e, twenty writers share their poignant and wickedly funny stories about fighting with their mothers, struggling with speaking Spanish, and dealing with the men who've done them wrong, among a myriad of other topics. In the end, each essay encompasses a different point of view, lending credence to the theory that no one can label any one item, idea, or person more Latina than the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions posed to Latinas of all ages in \u003ci\u003eBorder-Line Personalities\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy do many of us often feel more American than Latina?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow important is Spanish, really?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo we all really fit under one cultural umbrella?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen thinking about having children, do we really have to consider being stay-at-home moms as most of us were raised to believe was law, or can Latinas even consider the possibility of raising children while working? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat do we do when we fall in love with someone (male or female) outside our culture?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007901286640,"sku":"9780060580766","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060580766_p0.jpg?v=1763619302","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060580766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}