Description: Further DetailsTitle: God's GangsCondition: NewSubtitle: Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang RecoveryISBN-10: 147987812XEAN: 9781479878123ISBN: 9781479878123Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/11/2013Description: Winner, 2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Award presented by the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological AssociationLos Angeles is the epicenter of the American gang problem. Rituals and customs from Los Angeles’ eastside gangs, including hand signals, graffiti, and clothing styles, have spread to small towns and big cities alike. Many see the problem with gangs as related to urban marginality—for a Latino immigrant population struggling with poverty and social integration, gangs offer a close-knit community. Yet, as Edward Orozco Flores argues in God’s Gangs, gang members can be successfully redirected out of gangs through efforts that change the context in which they find themselves, as well as their notions of what it means to be a man. Flores here illuminates how Latino men recover from gang life through involvement in urban, faith-based organizations. Drawing on participant observation and interviews with Homeboy Industries, a Jesuit-founded non-profit that is one of the largest gang intervention programs in the country, and with Victory Outreach, a Pentecostal ministry with over 600 chapters, Flores demonstrates that organizations such as these facilitate recovery from gang life by enabling gang members to reinvent themselves as family men and as members of their community. The book offers a window into the process of redefining masculinity. As Flores convincingly shows, gang members are not trapped in a cycle of poverty and marginality. With the help of urban ministries, such men construct a reformed barrio masculinity to distance themselves from gang life.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 354gAuthor: Edward Orozco FloresGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & RelationshipsRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: God's Gangs
Title: God's Gangs
Subtitle: Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery
ISBN-10: 147987812X
EAN: 9781479878123
ISBN: 9781479878123
Release Date: 12/11/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships
Number of Pages: 243 Pages
Publication Name: God's Gangs : Barrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, General, Penology, Anthropology / General, Sociology / Urban, Sociology of Religion
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.5 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Author: Edward Orozco Flores
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
