A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis.
A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis.
A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis.
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.
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N364.1066/9
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English
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xxxii, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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...
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Publisher
Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.
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Minnesota
Date Published
c2008.
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"On the street with gangs in three world cities - Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, and Capetown - Hagedorn discovers that many of them have institutionalized as a strategy to confront a hopeless cycle of poverty, racism, and oppression. The mhilistic appeal of gangsta rap and its ethic of survival "by any means necessary," he argues, provides vital insight...
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A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis.
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Globalization and community series ; v. 14.
Globalization and community series ; v. 14.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N364.1066/9
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9780816650675 (pbk.) :
0816650667 (hbk.) :
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364.1066
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991000926509702626
