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The gang's all queer : the lives of gay gang members /
Many people believe that gangs are made up of violent thugs who are in and out of jail, and who are hyper-masculine and heterosexual. Vanessa Panfil introduces us to a different world. Meet gay gang members - sometimes referred to in popular culture as "homo thugs"--Whose gay identity comp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Alternative criminology series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Why do I have to hide it?" : forming a gay identity
- Who's the fag? : negotiating gayness and visibility
- Gay gangsters and their gangs
- Gay gangs becoming "known" : respect, violence, and chosen family
- "In the game" : the experiences of gay men in straight gangs
- Hybrid gangs and those that could have been
- Strategies for resistance
- "Not a fag" : resisting anti-gay harassment by fighting back
- "Tired of being stereotyped" : urban gay men in underground economies.