LEADER 04252nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910781085003321 005 20230207231203.0 010 $a1-282-40937-9 010 $a9786612409370 010 $a0-313-06167-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000003508 035 $a(EBL)497177 035 $a(OCoLC)63829749 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11249619 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10313635 035 $a(PQKB)11166793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497177 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349987 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240937 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000003508 100 $a20040422d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aYouth gangs in literature$b[electronic resource] /$fClaudia Durst Johnson 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aExploring social issues through literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-32749-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOutlaw gangs in an outlaw society : Borges' "The dread redeemer Lazarus Morell" and Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The Irish immigrant : Asbury's Gangs of New York -- The draft riots : Baker's Paradise Alley -- Borges' "Monk Eastman, purveyor of iniquities" -- A heritage of guns : McMurtry's Anything for Billy -- The 1920s in Chicago : Farrell's Studs Lonigan -- Jewish gangs in Brownsville, 1944/45 : Shulman's The Amboy Dukes -- 1940s in Harlem : Wright's Rite of passage -- Nazis and gangs : Golding's The lord of the flies -- A girl gang in the 1950s : Oates' Foxfire -- The 1960s : S.E. Hinton's The outsiders -- Vietnam and civil rights : Conroy's The lords of discipline -- Prep schools and Watergate : The chocolate war -- Family disintegration in the 1980's : Myers' Scorpions -- 1960s Los Angeles : Bonham's Durango Street -- South Central Los Angeles : Scott's Monster -- Barrio gangs of the 60s and 70s : Rodriguez' Always running -- Filipino Americans : Ascalon's American son -- Vietnamese gangs and skinheads : Garland's Shadow of the dragon -- Chinese gangs : Mahoney's The two Chinatowns. 330 $aGang culture is one of the most volatile issues to have impacted young people throughout history and around the world. By focusing on the fictional representation of youth gangs, this work presents a unique perspective on an all-too-real phenomenon and its many manifestations. Organized chronologically and topically, the volume begins with a powerful essay tracing the origins and developments of youth gangs, from the early days of the Wild West to immigration gangs in 19th- and 20th-century America and the ||Twenty chapters, each introduced with a primary document, fully explore the different 410 0$aExploring social issues through literature. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGangs in literature 606 $aJuvenile delinquents$zUnited States$xBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aYoung adult fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States 606 $aJuvenile delinquency in literature 606 $aJuvenile delinquents in literature 606 $aSocial problems in literature 606 $aYouth in literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGangs in literature. 615 0$aJuvenile delinquents$xBiography$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aYoung adult fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society 615 0$aJuvenile delinquency in literature. 615 0$aJuvenile delinquents in literature. 615 0$aSocial problems in literature. 615 0$aYouth in literature. 676 $a810.9/3556 700 $aJohnson$b Claudia Durst$f1938-$0549486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781085003321 996 $aYouth gangs in literature$93828087 997 $aUNINA