Homies and hermanos God and gangs in Central America
Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding 'homie' gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano - and to what extent this strategy works for the many you...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding 'homie' gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 294 p. ill |
| ISBN: | 9780199918836 019991883X |