The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Josephine <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.106/60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Gangs - United States
Gangs in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-78190-4
9786613692290 1-61703-282-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Books making a killing : an introduction -- From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence -- Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs -- Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs -- Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs -- Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions -- Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs -- Conclusions: still running -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462437303321 |
Metcalf Josephine <1975->
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The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Josephine <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.106/60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Gangs - United States
Gangs in literature |
ISBN |
1-280-78190-4
9786613692290 1-61703-282-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Books making a killing : an introduction -- From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence -- Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs -- Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs -- Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs -- Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions -- Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs -- Conclusions: still running -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790491903321 |
Metcalf Josephine <1975->
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 | ||
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The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs [[electronic resource] /] / Josephine Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Josephine <1975-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.106/60973 |
Soggetto topico |
Gangs - United States
Gangs in literature |
ISBN |
1-280-78190-4
9786613692290 1-61703-282-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Books making a killing : an introduction -- From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence -- Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs -- Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs -- Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs -- Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions -- Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs -- Conclusions: still running -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818878203321 |
Metcalf Josephine <1975->
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 | ||
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Youth gangs in literature [[electronic resource] /] / Claudia Durst Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Claudia Durst <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
Collana | Exploring social issues through literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Gangs in literature Juvenile delinquents - United States - Biography - History and criticism Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism Literature and society - United States Juvenile delinquency in literature Juvenile delinquents in literature Social problems in literature Youth in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-40937-9
9786612409370 0-313-06167-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Outlaw 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456698803321 |
Johnson Claudia Durst <1938->
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Youth gangs in literature [[electronic resource] /] / Claudia Durst Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Claudia Durst <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
Collana | Exploring social issues through literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Gangs in literature Juvenile delinquents - United States - Biography - History and criticism Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism Literature and society - United States Juvenile delinquency in literature Juvenile delinquents in literature Social problems in literature Youth in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-40937-9
9786612409370 0-313-06167-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Outlaw 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781085003321 |
Johnson Claudia Durst <1938->
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2004 | ||
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Youth gangs in literature / / Claudia Durst Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Claudia D |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3556 |
Collana | Exploring social issues through literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - History and criticism
Gangs in literature Juvenile delinquency in literature Juvenile delinquents in literature Juvenile delinquents - United States - Biography - History and criticism Literature and society - United States Social problems in literature Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism Youth in literature |
ISBN |
979-82-16-04013-2
1-282-40937-9 9786612409370 0-313-06167-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Outlaw 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825186903321 |
Johnson Claudia D
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