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Rodriguez, Richard T. – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2006
The homeboy aesthetic is identifiable as an assemblage of key signifiers: clothing (baggy pants and undershirts are perhaps the most significant), hair (or, in the current moment of the aesthetic, lack of hair), bold stance, and distinct language (think "calo" mixed with hip-hop parlance), all combining to form a distinguishable cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Masculinity, Fantasy, Homosexuality

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