"This book describes the rise, features, and behavior of street groups in mid-century South Los Angeles. It charts the influence of social factors on the changing culture of neighborhood street sets, describing their behaviors, customs, and values, as remembered by interviewees …
"This book describes the rise, features, and behavior of street groups in mid-century South Los Angeles. It charts the influence of social factors on the changing culture of neighborhood street sets, describing their behaviors, customs, and values, as remembered by interviewees …
"This book reveals the roots of interracial conflict between gangs in Los Angeles. The author argues that violence and mistrust between racialized gangs are the result of state and media efforts to popularize racial ideology to serve capitalistic and colonial interests and inter…
"This book reveals the roots of interracial conflict between gangs in Los Angeles. The author argues that violence and mistrust between racialized gangs are the result of state and media efforts to popularize racial ideology to serve capitalistic and colonial interests and inter…
"This book reveals the roots of interracial conflict between gangs in Los Angeles. The author argues that violence and mistrust between racialized gangs are the result of state and media efforts to popularize racial ideology to serve capitalistic and colonial interests and inter…
"This book reveals the roots of interracial conflict between gangs in Los Angeles. The author argues that violence and mistrust between racialized gangs are the result of state and media efforts to popularize racial ideology to serve capitalistic and colonial interests and inter…
Publisher description: James D. Vigil asserts that only by understanding the complex factors that give birth and persistence to gangs can gang violence be ended. Drawing on many years of experience in the barrios as a youth worker, high school teacher, and researcher, Vigil iden…