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Drawing on an alternative methodology we call a ‘global exchange’, this article suggests three concepts—homologies of habitus, vectors of difference and transnational reflexivity—that seek to re-engage the sociological imagination in the study of gangs and globalization.
26 maj 2021 · Lewis traces the various historical uses of crip, from hostile and derogatory to ironic, reclaimed, resistant. The inclusion of the term in an influential New York University Press “keywords” volume demonstrates crip’s importance to disability culture.
The article concludes that Crip Theory can be useful in rejecting hierarchical language’s binar-isms and claiming the right to name oneself, destabilizing ableist cate-gories, cripping normativity, exposing ableism, and strengthening the political significance of social science research and activism.
23 sty 2024 · To this end, we offer readers a snippet of the key issues covered in the chapters, organized by the six themes of the handbook, as follows: (1) revisiting definitions of gangs; (2) the empirical study of gangs; (3) core and emerging issues in gang research; (4) the integration of gangs in predominant institutions; (5) legacies of second ...
20 kwi 2022 · The issue of gangs, and ensuing gang violence, predates democracy in South Africa. While the dawn of democracy promised a new beginning, the lingering effects of Apartheid remained, particularly...
In the words of Cahill (2000), they ‘pose as gangsters’ to avoid trouble, and in the words of Anderson (1999), they reveal ‘juice’ to discourage disrespect and attain social status (see also Wolfgang and Ferracuti 1967; Luckenbill and Doyle 1989; Vigil 2002; Bourgois 2003). © London School of Economics and Political Science 2009 ...
This article focuses on the state of contemporary gang ethnography by analyzing three periods of ethnographic research on gangs: the classic era, the “interstitial” period, and the contemporary period.
