Barrio gangs : street life and identity in Southern California /

Barrio gangs : street life and identity in Southern California /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Vigil, James Diego, 1938-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 1988.
Description:	xv, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Mexican American monograph ; no. 12 Mexican American monographs no. 12.
Subject:	Gangs -- California -- Los Angeles. Mexican American youth -- California -- Los Angeles -- Ethnic identity. Gangs. Mexican American criminals. Mexican American youth -- Ethnic identity. California -- Los Angeles.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/930541

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ISBN:	0292776136
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [181]-196.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Ecological and Socioeconomic Background to Emergence of Street Gangs
3. Sociocultural Factors in the Choloization of the Mexican American Youth- Population
4. Four Life Histories-Wizard, Geronimo, Freddie, and Henry
5. The Gang Subculture as a Lifeway: Structure, Process, and Form
6. The Notorious Side of the Gang Subculture
7. Psychodynamics of Gangs
8. Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index