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Understanding Street Culture: Poverty, Crime, Youth and Cool


Understanding Street Culture: Poverty, Crime, Youth and Cool

Paperback by Ilan, Jonathan (City University of London, UK)

Understanding Street Culture: Poverty, Crime, Youth and Cool

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ISBN:
9781137028587
Publication Date:
1 May 2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Red Globe Press
Pages:
216 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 29 Apr - 4 May 2024
Understanding Street Culture: Poverty, Crime, Youth and Cool

Description

How do poverty, youth and crime relate to the concept of being 'cool'? Jonathan Ilan presents a unique, theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world - its origins, functions, manifestations and appeal - examining both its bearing on criminal lifestyles and on the cultivation of 'cool.' Drawing on contemporary research and original examples to evidence new ways of thinking about street culture - from the favelas of Brazil to housing projects in the USA - the text locates street culture within its particular social, cultural and economic contexts. Covering diverse subjects from brutal violence to contemporary fashion it explores the ways in which street culture is intertwined with processes of social exclusion and inclusion. An in-depth and even-handed guide to understanding the practices, styles and struggles associated with a particular section of the socio-economically disadvantaged, this text stands as an invaluable resource for students and academics across a range of disciplines, including youth studies, urban studies, criminology, sociology, cultural studies and geography.

Contents

1. Introduction 2. Understanding Urban Poverty, Culture and Crime 3. Demography and Development: Class, Gender and Ethnicity 4. Space, Territory and Gangs 5. Street Life and Street Crime 6. From Street Expressivity to Commodifiable Cool 7. Street Flows in the Global Ghetto 8. Resistance, Ghetto Politics and the Social Control of the Slum 9. Conclusion.

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