Honor and the American Dream : Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community /

"Thirty-second street in Chicago--a Chicano community peaceful on a warm summer night, residents socializing, children playing. Thirty-second street in Chicago--a Chicano community with gang warfare ready to explode at any time. Sociologist Ruth Horowitz takes us to the heart of this world, a w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horowitz, Ruth, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1983.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chicanos
Soziale Situation
Social conditions
Mexican American youth.
Jeunesse americaine d'origine mexicaine > Illinois > Chicago.
Mexican American youth > Illinois > Chicago.
Chicanos.
Chicago, Ill.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Culture and inner-city neighborhoods
  • Marginality and the American Dream
  • The expanded family and family honor
  • Young men in the streets: honor and reputation
  • Femininity and womanhood: virginity, unwed motherhood, and violence
  • Education and school authority
  • Earning a living
  • Adult juvenile gang membership
  • The consequences of being different
  • Community culture and locally rooted identities.

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