The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs
By: Josephine Metcalf
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617032813; 9781617032820
Subjects: Gangs; Gangs in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Books making a killing : an introduction; title: From rage to rap and prison to print : social, cultural, and commercial contexts of emergence; title: Homeboys between hard covers : scholarly approaches to the study of gang memoirs; title: Killer books: the representations and politics of violence in gang memoirs; title: Brothers who could kill with words : language, literacy, and the quest for education in gang memoirs; title: Murderer, monster, novelist, or Nobel nominee? : press reception and media constructions; title: Quick reads for reluctant readers : consuming gang memoirs; title: Conclusions: still running; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.