In this Book
- Who You Claim: Performing Gang Identity in School and on the Streets
- 2010
- Book
- Published by: NYU Press
summary
“Path breaking and precedent-setting. Robert Garot has appreciated what no one has before, the essential shadow quality of urban gangs, which are not so much things one can be in as they are things danced around, avoided, played with, and very occasionally, practically invoked.”
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Preface: Emily’s Tale
- pp. ix-xi
- 1. Gang Identity as Performance
- pp. 1-20
- Part I Alienation in School
- p. 21
- 2. Moral Dramas at School
- pp. 23-44
- Part II Performing Gang Identity on the Streets
- p. 67
- 5. Affiliations
- pp. 92-118
- 6. Violence and Nonviolence
- pp. 119-142
- 7. Avoiding Retaliation
- pp. 143-160
- 8. Streetwork
- pp. 161-174
- Conclusion
- pp. 175-184
- References
- pp. 229-248
- About the Author
- p. 260
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814733141
Related ISBN(s)
9780814732120, 9780814732359
MARC Record
OCLC
794698906
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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