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The Color Of Clothing, The Width Of Shoe Laces, A Pierced Ear, Certain Brands Of Sneakers, The Braiding Of Hair And Many Other Features Have Long Been Seen As Indicators Of Gang Involvement. But It Is Not Just What Is Worn, It's How: A Hat Tilted To The Left Or Right, Creases In Pants, An Ironed Shirt Not Tucked In, Baggy Pants. For Those Who Live In Inner Cities With A Heavy Gang Presence, Such Highly Stylized Rules Are Not Simply About Fashion, But Markers Of Who You Claim, That Is, Who One Affiliates With, And How One Wishes To Be Seen. In This Carefully Researched Ethnographic Account, The Author Provides Descriptions And Compelling Stories To Demonstrate That Gang Identity Is A Carefully Coordinated Performance With Many Nuanced Rules Of Style And Presentation, And That Gangs, Like Any Other Group Or Institution, Must Be Constantly Performed Into Being. He Spent Four Years In And Around One Inner City Alternative School In Southern California, Conducting Interviews And Hanging Out With Students, Teachers, And Administrators. He Shows That These Young People Are Not Simply Scary Thugs Who Always Have Been And Always Will Be Violent Criminals, But That They Constantly Modulate W

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Author

Robert Garot

Publisher

New York University Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814733141

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, Science, Social Science