Title From South Central to Southside : gang transnationalism, masculinity, and disorganized violence in Belize City / Adam Baird ; foreword by Philippe Bourgois

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2024 ©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages) Series Studies in transgression Studies in transgression. Summary "This book looks at violent gang cultures in Belize City, arguing that hegemonic masculinities imported from American gang cultures through deportation and popular media evolved in a context of postcolonial extreme poverty and disorganized urban life to drive a deadly culture of gendered violence"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 02, 2024) Subject Gangs -- Belize -- Belize City Violence -- Belize -- Belize City Young men -- Belize -- Belize City -- Social conditions Gang members -- Belize -- Belize City Gangs. Violence. Young men. Social conditions. Gang members. Belize City (Belize) -- Social conditions Belize -- Belize City. Form Electronic book Author Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956- writer of foreword. LC no. 2023059602 ISBN 1439923353 9781439923351

Other Titles Gang transnationalism, masculinity, and disorganized violence in Belize City

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