South Central Is Home
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South Central Is Home
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Author : Abigail Rosas
language : en
Publisher: Stanford Studies in Comparativ
Release Date : 2019
South Central Is Home written by Abigail Rosas and has been published by Stanford Studies in Comparativ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
South Central Los Angeles is often characterized as an African American community beset by poverty and economic neglect. But this depiction obscures the significant Latina/o population that has called South Central home since the 1970s. More significantly, it conceals the efforts African American and Latina/o residents have made together in shaping their community. As residents have faced increasing challenges from diminished government social services, economic disinvestment, immigration enforcement, and police surveillance, they have come together in their struggle for belonging and justice. South Central Is Home investigates the development of relational community formation and highlights how communities of color like South Central experience racism and discrimination--and how in the best of situations, they are energized to improve their conditions together. Tracking the demographic shifts in South Central from 1945 to the present, Abigail Rosas shows how financial institutions, War on Poverty programs like Headstart for school children, and community health centers emerged as crucial sites where neighbors engaged one another over what was best for their community. Through this work, Rosas illuminates the promise of community building, offering findings indispensable to our understandings of race, community, and place in U.S. society.
South Central Dreams
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Author : Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2021-07-13
South Central Dreams written by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-13 with Social Science categories.
Race, place, and identity in a changing urban America Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South Central Dreams, eminent scholars Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor follow its transformation from a historically Black neighborhood into a predominantly Latino one, providing a fresh, inside look at the fascinating—and constantly changing—relationships between these two racial and ethnic groups in California. Drawing on almost two hundred interviews and statistical data, Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor explore the experiences of first- and second-generation Latino residents, their long-time Black neighbors, and local civic leaders seeking to build coalitions. Acknowledging early tensions between Black and Brown communities. they show how Latino immigrants settled into a new country and a new neighborhood, finding various ways to co-exist, cooperate, and, most recently, demonstrate Black-Brown solidarity at a time when both racial and ethnic communities have come under threat. Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor show how Latino and Black residents have practiced, and adapted innovative strategies of belonging in a historically Black context, ultimately crafting a new route to place-based identity and political representation. South Central Dreams illuminates how racial and ethnic demographic shifts—as well as the search for identity and belonging—are dramatically shaping American cities and neighborhoods around the country.
South Central Dreams
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Author : Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
South Central Dreams written by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with SOCIAL SCIENCE categories.
"A nuanced portrait of the demographic transformation of South Los Angeles, highlighting how long-time Black residents, Latino immigrant newcomers, and second-generation Latinos have navigated change, created a sense of home, and crafted a new form of Black-Brown place-based politics"--
South Central L A Life
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Author : Sharquent Delon Jacobs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-25
South Central L A Life written by Sharquent Delon Jacobs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-25 with categories.
Before Sharquent was old enough to drive, she turned to a life of addiction and crime. "South Central L.A. LIFE" is a frank look at Sharquent's incredible experiences at the edge of society's borders. In these unflinching pages, she describes what its like to get mixed up L.A.s darkest criminal life, where those with no future and nothing to lose will do anything for the next high. Then Sharquent stumbles upon Victory Outreach, a remarkable women's rehabilitation for women's recovery. What happened next would put Sharquent on the path towards a higher purpose in life. But not before the greatest struggle of all- the struggle to believe in herself enough to have a future.
Blowin Up
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Author : Jooyoung Lee
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-03-22
Blowin Up written by Jooyoung Lee and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-22 with Music categories.
What many readers have wished for is now reality: a richly descriptive ethnography of street rappers. Blowing up refers to rappers dream of becoming rich and famous, or, at the least, successful as recording artists. Jooyoung Lee adds a shape to his story of Flawliis, VerBS, E. Crimsin, Psychosiz, and Tick-a-Lott: how do young black men from the inner city navigate their twenties? Blowin Up is a vibrant look at the young-adult stage of people who grow up in the shadow of gangs, dead-end jobs, and a glittering entertainment industry (the setting is Los Angeles). No other account of ghetto youth affords us this particular angle of vision. Lee discovers that in South Central L.A., rap can create bridges that bring young men together with peers from different neighborhoods (underscoring the importance of a healthy alternative to gangs). A rapper s underground artistic career is rooted in battle skills and crowd appeal, and, to boot, is meritocratic (whereas mainstream career success is based on branding, timing, funding, networks, and gimmicks). Rapping is an embodied artit takes much practice to learn, and requires body skills in dance, stance, and voice. Lee homes in on the skills and personalities of individual rappers, but he also illuminates the complex hip-hop scene around which these young men orbit, giving us detailed understandings of how young men navigate the intricate, tightly-wound world of tragedy and opportunity in the city. Lee balances the prospect of risk and existential uncertainty for youth entering a young adult life-stage with the hope for a big break in forging an entertainment career. In the end, Lee shows us how the arts can shape the lives of at-risk youth."
No Place Like Home
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Author : Gary Younge
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2002
No Place Like Home written by Gary Younge and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
In 1961, 13 black and white people - the Freedom Riders - tested the ban on segregation in interstate travel by going together from Washington to New Orleans. This is the account of a young black Briton following their route in the late 1990s.
The Security Arena In Africa
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Author : Tim Glawion
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-30
The Security Arena In Africa written by Tim Glawion and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-30 with Law categories.
Based on in-depth fieldwork, Tim Glawion explores how local security functions in some of the world's most fragile states across Central and East Africa.
The Grim Sleeper
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Author : Christine Pelisek
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2018-04-17
The Grim Sleeper written by Christine Pelisek and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with True Crime categories.
“One of the best true crime books of all time.” —Time As seen on Investigation Discovery’s The Grim Sleeper: Mind of a Monster The inside story of one of the notorious and elusive serial killer who stalked the vulnerable, the young, and the ignored in 1980s Los Angeles—and then returned decades later to kill again The Grim Sleeper was one of the most brutal serial killers in California history, preying on the women of South Central for decades. No one knows this story better than Christine Pelisek, the reporter who followed it for more than ten years. Based on extensive interviews, reportage, and information never released to the public, The Grim Sleeper captures the long, bumpy road to justice in one of the most startling true crime stories of our generation from his violent first crime while serving in the US Army to his inevitable death in prison.
South Central
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Author : Mark Steinmetz
language : en
Publisher: Nazraeli Press
Release Date : 2006
South Central written by Mark Steinmetz and has been published by Nazraeli Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Photography categories.
Catching Hell In The City Of Angels
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Author : João Helion Costa Vargas
language : en
Publisher: Choice Publishing Co., Ltd.
Release Date : 2006
Catching Hell In The City Of Angels written by João Helion Costa Vargas and has been published by Choice Publishing Co., Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Since the 1980s, Los Angeles has become the most racially and economically divided city in the United States. In the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles, buildings in disrepair--the legacy of racial unrest. Moving beyond stereotypes of South Central's predominantly African American residents, João H. Costa Vargas recounts his almost two years living in the district. Personal, critical, and disquieting, Catching Hell in the City of Angels examines the ways in which economic and social changes in the twentieth century have affected the black community, and powerfully conveys the experiences that bind and divide its people. Through compelling stories of South Central, including his own experience as an immigrant of color, Vargas presents portraits of four groups. He talks daily with women living in a low-income Watts apartment building; works with activists in a community organization against police brutality; interacts with former gang members trying to maintain a 1992 truce between the Bloods and the Crips; and listens to amateur jazz musicians who perform in a gentrified section of the neighborhood. In each case he describes the worldviews and the definitions of "blackness" these people use to cope with oppression. Vargas finds, in turn, that blackness is a form of racial solidarity, a vehicle for the renewal of African American culture, and a political expression of revolutionary black nationalism. Vargas reveals that the social fault lines in South Central reflect both contemporary disparities and long-term struggles. In doing so, he shows both the racialized power that makes "blackness" a prized term of identity and the terrible price that African Americans have paid for this emphasis. Ultimately, Catching Hell in the City of Angels tells the story of urban America through the lives of individuals from diverse, overlapping, and vibrant communities. João H. Costa Vargas is assistant professor in the Center for African and African American Studies and the department of anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Robin D. G. Kelley is the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books, including Yo Mama's Disfunktional: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America.