Renegade dreams
Subtitle: living through injury in gangland Chicago
By: Laurence Ralph
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780226032689; 9780226032719
Subjects: Gang members; Gangs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The injury of isolation. Introduction: The underside of injury, or, How to dream like a renegade; title: Field notes: Late death; title: Development, or, Why grandmothers ally with the gang; title: Field notes: Early funerals; title: Nostalgia, or, The stories a gang tells about itself; title: Field notes: Inside jokes; title: Authenticity, or, Why people can't leave the gang; title: pt. 2. The resilience of dreams. Field notes: Getting in; title: Disability, or, Why a gang leader helps stop the violence; title: Field notes: Resilience; title: Disease, or, How a will to survive helps the healing; title: Field notes: Framing; title: Conclusion: The frame, or, How to get out of an isolated space; title: Postscript: A renegade dream come true.