Gang Lives: Global Portraits from the Streets and Beyond
Editat de Dennis Rodgersen Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 sep 2026
Gangs are one of a small number of truly global social phenomena, present across time and space all over the world. Partly as a result of this ubiquity, gangs are inherently revealing social institutions, and can be connected to a range of fundamental human activities, such as the exercise of power, capital accumulation, socialization, identity formation, territorialization, or the articulation of gender relations, amongst others.
At the same time, however, gangs are also frequently associated with an almost pathological form of violence, generally represented as engaging in senseless forms of brutality, and gangsters are popular global scapegoats. Such representations make it all the more urgent to understand what it is that truly motivates individuals to become gang members, why they undergo particular trajectories, and what the long-term consequences of gang membership might be.
Through a comparison of thirteen life histories of gang members from twelve different countries around the world, this book offers a nuanced and sensitive overview of the global gang experience. Life histories are ideal lenses through which to explore these issues due to their ability to simultaneously reflect both the uniqueness and the embedded complexity of gang lives, but also their capacity to offer fundamentally relatable portraits that elicit empathy and humanize individuals.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the European Research Council grant (no. 787935).
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350525061
ISBN-10: 1350525065
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350525065
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction (Dennis Rodgers, University of Aix-Marseille, France)
1. Gangster, Brother, Prisoner, Son: Chepas and the Mara Salvatrucha in Guatemala (Anthony W. Fontes, American University, USA)
2. The Many Lives of Ram, the Petty Criminal: Migration, Love, and Adaptation across Indian Ganglands (Atreyee Sen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
3. Jennifer: The First Female Gang Leader in Honduras (Ellen Van Damme, KU Leuven, Belgium)
4. 'Obviously, I Do Not Deny it, Nor Will I Ever Deny it': An Individual History of the Barrio 18 Gang Between El Salvador and Italy (Paolo Grassi, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
5. Blood, Deportee, Dealer, Carer: The Life and Times of a Belizean Gang Member (Adam Baird, UNIDIR, Switzerland)
6. The Hustling Ethics of a Drugs Dealer in Mathare, Nairobi (Naomi Van Stapele, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)
7. The Second Act: An Oral History of Glasgow Gangs, 1969-2022 (Alistair Fraser and Angela Bartie, with Kate Wilson, Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle, UK)
8. The Life of Bryan in Nicaragua (José Luis Rocha, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala, and Universidad Centroamericana 'José Simeón Cañas', El Salvador)
9. The Life History of a Triad member in Hong Kong (Sharon Ingrid Kwok, Western Sydney University, Australia)
10. Sharif's Story: From Gang Member to Human Rights Worker in Bangladesh (Sally Atkinson-Sheppard, University of Westminster, UK)
11. The Prison and Post-prison Life of Antonio Fernández, a.k.a. 'King Tone' (David C. Brotherton, City University of New York, USA)
12. The Paper Poet: From crime to career in Sierra Leone (Kieran Mitton, King's College London, UK)
13. Sito: A Life Interrupted (Laurence Ralph, Princeton University, USA)
Afterword (Javier Auyero, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
1. Gangster, Brother, Prisoner, Son: Chepas and the Mara Salvatrucha in Guatemala (Anthony W. Fontes, American University, USA)
2. The Many Lives of Ram, the Petty Criminal: Migration, Love, and Adaptation across Indian Ganglands (Atreyee Sen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
3. Jennifer: The First Female Gang Leader in Honduras (Ellen Van Damme, KU Leuven, Belgium)
4. 'Obviously, I Do Not Deny it, Nor Will I Ever Deny it': An Individual History of the Barrio 18 Gang Between El Salvador and Italy (Paolo Grassi, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy)
5. Blood, Deportee, Dealer, Carer: The Life and Times of a Belizean Gang Member (Adam Baird, UNIDIR, Switzerland)
6. The Hustling Ethics of a Drugs Dealer in Mathare, Nairobi (Naomi Van Stapele, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)
7. The Second Act: An Oral History of Glasgow Gangs, 1969-2022 (Alistair Fraser and Angela Bartie, with Kate Wilson, Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle, UK)
8. The Life of Bryan in Nicaragua (José Luis Rocha, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala, and Universidad Centroamericana 'José Simeón Cañas', El Salvador)
9. The Life History of a Triad member in Hong Kong (Sharon Ingrid Kwok, Western Sydney University, Australia)
10. Sharif's Story: From Gang Member to Human Rights Worker in Bangladesh (Sally Atkinson-Sheppard, University of Westminster, UK)
11. The Prison and Post-prison Life of Antonio Fernández, a.k.a. 'King Tone' (David C. Brotherton, City University of New York, USA)
12. The Paper Poet: From crime to career in Sierra Leone (Kieran Mitton, King's College London, UK)
13. Sito: A Life Interrupted (Laurence Ralph, Princeton University, USA)
Afterword (Javier Auyero, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Recenzii
Dennis Rodgers and his colleagues have compiled a compelling and unique volume of research. It presents mixed media views of the lives of gang and "near-gang" members as they go about their daily lives. The chapters bring a passion and personal understanding not often seen in social research. The book is dependent on the words and meanings of the researcher and the researched.
Gang Lives provides powerful, well-written life histories that globally capture what it means to suffer under poverty, hunger, state persecution, and civil wars, and how gangs become a vehicle to not only survive such hardships, but also matter in the world. It also beautifully illustrates the struggle to redeem oneself after a life of violence and crime, a bumpy road to desistance that might miraculously end in redemption - or in a limbo of uncertainty. In all, this volume gives humanity and voice to people much despised, but much misunderstood around the world.
This is a powerful collection of life histories of individuals whose lives have been shaped by encounters with gangs. The research is sensitive, respectful and, importantly, allows for rich and varied stories to emerge from a range of geographical locations. The chapters foreground gang lives as part of wider social worlds and relationships. Crucially, the collection resists the pull of stereotypes and caricatures to present deeply intimate and human stories of lives affected by gangs. A moving and important contribution.
Gang Lives provides powerful, well-written life histories that globally capture what it means to suffer under poverty, hunger, state persecution, and civil wars, and how gangs become a vehicle to not only survive such hardships, but also matter in the world. It also beautifully illustrates the struggle to redeem oneself after a life of violence and crime, a bumpy road to desistance that might miraculously end in redemption - or in a limbo of uncertainty. In all, this volume gives humanity and voice to people much despised, but much misunderstood around the world.
This is a powerful collection of life histories of individuals whose lives have been shaped by encounters with gangs. The research is sensitive, respectful and, importantly, allows for rich and varied stories to emerge from a range of geographical locations. The chapters foreground gang lives as part of wider social worlds and relationships. Crucially, the collection resists the pull of stereotypes and caricatures to present deeply intimate and human stories of lives affected by gangs. A moving and important contribution.