The culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs /

The publication of Sanyika Shakur's Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Membe r in 1993 generated a huge amount of excitement in literary circles-- New York Times book critic Michiko Kakutani deemed it a "shocking and galvanic book"--And set off a new publishing trend of gang m...

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Main Author:	Metcalf, Josephine, 1975-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]
Subjects:	Gangs > United States. Gangs in literature. TRUE CRIME > Organized Crime. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book