Brothers who could kill with words : the culture and politics of contemporary street gang memoirs

The controversial execution of former gang member Stanley "Tookie" Williams in California in 2005 crystallises the polarised debates about contemporary street gang memoirs, which have been variously demonised in the media as Violent and sensationalist or by contrast, praised as offering a...

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Main Author: Metcalf, Josephine
Published: University of Manchester 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505469