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Thirty-second Street in Chicago. A Chicano community, peaceful on a warm summer night, residents socializing, children playing - and gang warfare ready to explode at any time. Ruth Horowitz takes us to the heart of this world.

Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Culture and Inner-City Neighborhoods
3. Marginality and the American Dream
4. The Expanded Family and Family Honor
5. Young Men in the Streets: Honor and Reputation
6. Femininity and Womanhood: Virginity, Unwed
7. Education and School Authority
8. Earning a Living
9. Adult Juvenile Gang Membership
10. The Consequences of Being Different
11. Community Culture and Locally Rooted Identities
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Honor and the American Dream Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community

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      Publisher: MW - Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813509914, 978-0813509914
      ISBN10: 0813509912
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Thirty-second Street in Chicago. A Chicano community, peaceful on a warm summer night, residents socializing, children playing - and gang warfare ready to explode at any time. Ruth Horowitz takes us to the heart of this world.

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      1. Introduction
      2. Culture and Inner-City Neighborhoods
      3. Marginality and the American Dream
      4. The Expanded Family and Family Honor
      5. Young Men in the Streets: Honor and Reputation
      6. Femininity and Womanhood: Virginity, Unwed
      7. Education and School Authority
      8. Earning a Living
      9. Adult Juvenile Gang Membership
      10. The Consequences of Being Different
      11. Community Culture and Locally Rooted Identities
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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