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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,...
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| Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2008.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.