Robert Brenneman

Homies and Hermanos (eBook, PDF)

God and Gangs in Central America

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding "homie" gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199909469
• Artikelnr.: 38160310

Autorenporträt

Robert Brenneman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont. He is the author of Faith and the Foreigner .

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: JJ's Second Marriage
Chapter One: From Pandilla to Mara
Chapter Two: Christian, Not Catholic
Chapter Three: When Shame becomes Violence
Chapter Four: Dodging the Morgue Rule
Chapter Five: Don't Mess with Curly!
Chapter Six: Samaritans and Crusaders
Conclusion
Appendix A: Methods
Appendix B: Selected Characteristics of Interviewed Ex-gang Members
Appendix C: A Primer of Gang Vocabulary
References
Notes