02916nam 2200613 a 450 991082848110332120240418062315.00-8166-5664-9(CKB)1000000000536007(EBL)349976(OCoLC)476167530(SSID)ssj0000274587(PQKBManifestationID)11219712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274587(PQKBWorkID)10325666(PQKB)10491500(MiAaPQ)EBC349976(OCoLC)236101731(MdBmJHUP)muse33401(Au-PeEL)EBL349976(CaPaEBR)ebr10233815(CaONFJC)MIL522504(EXLCZ)99100000000053600720080903d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA world of gangs armed young men and gangsta culture /John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis1st ed.Minneapolis :University of Minnesota Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (xxxii, 198 pages) illustrations, mapsGlobalization and community ;v. 14Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-5066-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-179) and index.Why are gangs everywhere? -- I. Globalizing gangs -- 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 -- II. Race, space, and the power of identity -- 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 -- A rose in the cracks of concrete.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, racism, and oppression and provides vital insights into the ideology and persistence of gangs around the world.Globalization and community ;v. 14.GangsGangs.305.2421364.106/6Hagedorn John1947-1621513Davis Mike34824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828481103321A world of gangs3954822UNINA