A world of gangs : armed young men and gangsta culture / / John M. Hagedorn ; foreword by Mike Davis

• Autore: Hagedorn John <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxii, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 305.2421; 364.106/6
• Soggetto topico: Gangs
• Altri autori: DavisMike
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A world of gangs
• ISBN: 0-8166-5664-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782159803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Globalization and community ; ; v. 14.