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A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture /
John Hagedorn explores the international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization. Looking closely at gang formation in Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown he discovers that gangs have institutionalized as a strategy to confront a hopeless cycle of poverty,...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2008.
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| Series: | Globalization and community ;
v. 14. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Ghetto, favela, and township : the worlds gangs live in
- Street institutions : why some gangs won't go away
- The problem with definitions : the questionable uniqueness of gangs
- From Chicago to Mumbai : touring the world of gangs
- No way out : demoralization, racism, and resistance identity
- A tale of two gangs : the Hamburgs and the Conservative Vice Lords
- Reconsidering culture : race, rap, and resistance
- Street wars : hip-hop and the rise of gangsta culture
- Contested cities : gentrification and the ghetto
- Conclusion : a rose in the cracks of concrete.