Gangs in the Latino Atlántico: Identity, Transnationalism and Generations
This article is founded in the notion that the proliferation and growth of ‘street organizations’ around the world are connected to the construction of identities, the emergence of transnational lives and new forms of understanding generations. The first part of the article seeks to explain the glo...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista ICONOS |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/333 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/333 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Gangs young people Latin Kings migration transnationalism identity generation pandillas jóvenes migración transnacionalismo identidad generación |
| Sumario: | This article is founded in the notion that the proliferation and growth of ‘street organizations’ around the world are connected to the construction of identities, the emergence of transnational lives and new forms of understanding generations. The first part of the article seeks to explain the global reproduction of these groups, which start as local organizations. The second part answers to the specific question: What does it mean to be “latino”?, in order to do that the experience of Latin Kings members is used. Finally, the author analyzes the way in which transnationalism is expressed in the day to day lives of those who belong to these groups. |
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