Claudia Johnson

Youth Gangs in Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Gang culture is one of the most volatile issues to have impacted young people throughout history and around the world. By focusing on the fictional representation of youth gangs, this work presents a unique perspective on an all-too-real phenomenon and its many manifestations. Organized chronologically and topically, the volume begins with a powerful essay tracing the origins and developments of youth gangs, from the early days of the Wild West to immigration gangs in 19th- and 20th-century America and the Twenty chapters, each introduced with a primary document, fully explore the different types of gangs, identifying their time, place, struggles, and demographic character. Included are the early gangs of New York City, prison gangs, Asian gangs, school gangs, African American gangs, and girl gangs. Each chapter analyzes one or more works of fiction in terms of its thematic message and the light it sheds on the nature of the depicted gang situation. The examined fiction will be of special interest to students and educators, and includes works often found on assigned reading lists, such as The Chocolate War, The Outsiders, and Lord of the Flies. Popular works, such as Gangs of New York, provide an historical perspective on early immigrant gangs, while presenting timeless themes of identity struggles that resonate for young people everywhere. In addition to the literary works and primary documents, suggestions for additional titles and sources for further information on the topics are offered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780313327490
• ISBN-10: 0313327491
• Artikelnr.: 21306063

Autorenporträt

Claudia Durst Johnson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Outlaw Gangs in an Outlaw Society: Borges' The Dread Redeemer
Lazarus Morell and Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Irish
Immigrant: Asbury's Gangs of New York The Draft Riots: Baker's Paradise
Alley Borges' Monk Eastman, Purveyor of Iniquities A Heritage of Guns:
McMurtry's Anything for Billy The 1920s in Chicago: Farrell's Studs Lonigan
Jewish Gangs in Brownsville, 1944-45: Shulman's The Amboy Dukes 1940s in
Harlem: Wright's Rite of Passage Nazis and Gangs: Goldings The Lord of the
Flies A Girl Gang in the 1950s: Oates' Foxfire The 1960s: S. E. Hinton's
The Outsiders Vietnam and Civil Rights: Conroy's The Lords of Discipline
Prep Schools and Watergate: The Chocolate War Family Disintegration in the
1980s: Meyers' Scorpions 1960s Los Angeles: Bonham's Durango Street South
Central Los Angeles: Scott's Monster Barrio Gangs of the 60s and 70s:
Rodriguez' Always Running Filipino Americans: Ascalon's American Son
Vietnamese Gangs and Skinheads: Garland's Shadow of the Dragon Chinese
Gangs: Mahoney's The Two Chinatowns