Section I
a) Drawing on the concept of Muy Macha as explained by T REX, discuss four main ways in which Homegirls transgress societal gender norms. What consequences do they suffer for these transgressions and do you think the punishments are justified for their actions?
Section II
b) Describe the circumstances that led Norma into studying Gang dynamics. What were some of the initial challenges that confronted her in the course of her ethnographic research at the SJHS? Which, in your view, were the most challenging and why?
c) Drawing on the concept of positionality as discussed in class, discuss the ways in which Norma's ethnographic study of the homegirls was either facilitated or hindered by the social group she was studying. Give 4 specific examples from the book insupport of your response.
d) Identify and discuss two of the hypotheses that have been put forward in the ethnography by Norma Mendoza-Denton to account for girls' involvement in gang activities. Which one is informing the author's analysis of the experience of Homegirls?