Going down to the barrio : homeboys and homegirls in change /
In this illuminating look at two Chicano gangs in East Los Angeles, Joan W. Moore examines the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs. As a sequel to the author's award-winning study, Homeboys (Temple, 1979), this book returns to the same neighborhoods to chart the dev...
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Philadelphia :
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1991
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The setting: East Los Angeles
- Two barrio gangs: growth, structure, and theoretical considerations
- Changes in the gangs
- Gang members and the world around them
- Gang members' families
- Growing up
- Conclusion