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Before Crips: Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin' Among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs - Couverture souple

Quicker, John C.; Batani-Khalfani, Akil S.

 
9781439921982: Before Crips: Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin' Among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1439921989 ISBN 13 : 9781439921982
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2022

Synopsis

This groundbreaking book opens the door on the missing record of South Los Angeles juvenile gangs. It is the result of the unique friendship that developed between John Quicker and Akil Batani-Khalfani, aka Bird, who collaborated to show how structural marginality transformed hang-out street groups of non-White juveniles into gangs, paving the way for the rise of the infamous Crips and Bloods. Before Crips uses a macro historical analysis to sort through political and economic factors to explain the nature of gang creation.

The authors mine a critical archive, using direct interviews with original gang members as well as theory and literature reviews, to contextualize gang life and gang formation. They discuss (and fuss and cuss about) topics ranging from the criminal economy and conceptions of masculinity to racial and gendered politics and views of violence. Their insider/outsider approach not only illuminates gang values and organization, but what they did and why, and how they grew in a backdrop of inequality and police brutality that came to a head with the 1965 Watts Rebellion.

Providing an essential understanding of early South Los Angeles gang life, Before Crips explains what has remained constant, what has changed, and the roots of the violence that continues.

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À propos de l'auteur

John C. Quicker is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the California State University Dominguez Hills and the author of Homegirls: Characterizing Chicana Gangs.
Akil S. Batani-Khalfani is a South Los Angeles Street Sage. He is a former Youth Correctional Counselor for California Youth Authority and a former Youth Gang Counselor for the Los Angeles Community Youth Gang Services.

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Éditeur
Temple University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1439921989
ISBN 13 
9781439921982
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
484
Coordonnées du fabricant
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