Literacy and advocacy in adolescent family, gang, school, and juvenile court communities : CRIP 4 life /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Debbie, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006. |
| Description: | xxvi, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6026633 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Organization of the Book
- Helpful Tools
- A Note to Readers
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introducing the Characters: Lil Boy Blue, Smurf, Juice, Lil Garfield, and Debbie
- Lil Boy Blue: "My teenage life is quiet, average. I'm a Crip"
- Smurf: "I'm ... from dat insane wicced ass westside Manzanita Lynch Mob Crip"
- Juice: "If you're a gangster they really don't want you for school."
- Lil Garfield: "I would love to be a rapper"
- The Family Community
- The Gang Community
- The School Community
- The Juvenile Court Community
- We Became Co-Researchers: "We've got your back, Miss."
- The Characters
- 2. Family Community: Mi Familia
- Generations of the Family Community
- Lil Boy Blue and Smurf's Parents and Grandparents
- Juice and Lil Garfield's Mom and Grandparents
- The Boys' Own Families
- The Family Community
- 3. Gang Community: "West Up Cuzz"
- A Glimpse into the Gang Community
- Heartaches
- Brothers to Brothers
- The Gang Community Collides with the Family Community
- Literacy in the Gang Community
- The Gang Community
- 4. School Community, Part One (I): "They don't want us here."
- The Early School Years
- High School Experience: The Trouble Begins
- Literacy in the School Community (I)
- The School Community (I)
- 5. School Community, Part Two (II): "This is our school."
- Joining Nuestra Casa
- The Boys' Views of School
- Literacy in the School Community (II)
- The School Community (II)
- 6. Juvenile Court Community: "In and out of juvie"
- Entering the Juvenile Court Community
- Literacy in The Juvenile Court Community
- The Juvenile Court Community
- 7. Images of Gangs in the Media and Research Literature
- Deficit Images in the Research Literature
- Complex Images in the Research Literature
- Images From Research on Gang Literacy
- Images From Gang Members
- Images of Gangs
- 8. Living on the Boundaries of School: Advocacy and Research
- What Is Advocacy?
- Advocacy and Research
- Advocating in the School Community (I): The Impossible Dream
- Graduation Promises in the School Community
- Advocating in the Juvenile Court Community
- Living on the Boundaries of School
- Advocacy as a Form of Critical Ethnography
- 9. Literacy in Communities of Success and Failure
- Clubs, Communities, and Identities
- School Failure: Constructed Identity
- Literacy: Identities Built, Destroyed, Fabricated
- Gang Members' Perceptions of Their Own Literacies
- Literacy: Membership Denied
- The "Caring" Teacher Versus Teacher as Advocate
- Appendix A. Timeline
- Appendix B. Family Trees
- Appendix C. Glossary of Gang Terminology as Used by Lil Boy Blue, Smurf, Juice, and Lil Garfield
- Appendix D. Smurf and Sad Boy's Story
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
