A rainbow of gangs : street cultures in the mega-city / James Diego Vigil ; foreword by Joan W. Moore.
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| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2002], ©2002.
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Street cultures in the mega-city. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Looking at gangs cross-culturally
- Mexican Americans in the barrios of Los Angeles
- "I just wanted to act loco" : Puppet's story
- Blacks in Los Angeles : from Central Avenue to South Central Los Angeles
- "I noticed the problem but never had the cure" : Mookie's story
- Vietnamese in Southern California
- "You couldn't hang by yourself" : Huc's story
- Salvadorans in Los Angeles : the Pico-Union area
- "Where is my father?" : Arturo's story
- Charting a new future for urban youth.