Living/leaving la vida loca: on barrios, Chicano youth and gangs.

Abstract: Most US barrios are characterized by abundant academic failure, insufficient educational resources and high unemployment rates. In this context, the street becomes a place in which lower class Chicano kids find a space they belong to and a communal tie which renders them with visibility an...

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Main Author: Amaia Ibarraran Bigalondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Almeria 2017-03-01
Series:Odisea
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Online Access:http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/273