Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaGangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs
Abstract: This paper introduces, based on numerous studies, an analysis of the evolution, customs and context of Latin American gangs, which have defined their place in different urban spaces, positioning themselves through violence, and establishing different subcultures. Ethnographic research on g...
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Cultura y Representaciones Sociales
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.culturayrs.unam.mx/index.php/CRS/article/view/902 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/88938 |
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| description | Abstract: This paper introduces, based on numerous studies, an analysis of the evolution, customs and context of Latin American gangs, which have defined their place in different urban spaces, positioning themselves through violence, and establishing different subcultures. Ethnographic research on gangs has opened the debate around the possibility of defining them through behaviors, initiation rites and their place in society, generating different questions about the current relationships with several criminal groups, as well as the stereotypes applied to their members (men and women). It seeks to reactivate the debate in the academic sphere about gangs and promote ethnographic research. The cases can be conceived as the response of some young people to a situation of rejection, in conflict with certain environment that is imposed to them as exclusive and the impossibility of finding other ways of belonging to society, obtaining a certain social prestige and economic benefits. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO889382022-03-22T18:11:41Z Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs Gangs, maras, pandillas y otros outsiders: hacia una etnografía de los gangs latinoamericanos Collombon, Maya sociology, anthropology gangs, outsiders, maras, Latin America, la Eme, Barrio 18 Sociología, antropología pandillas; gangs; outsiders; maras; América Latina; la Eme; Barrio 18 Abstract: This paper introduces, based on numerous studies, an analysis of the evolution, customs and context of Latin American gangs, which have defined their place in different urban spaces, positioning themselves through violence, and establishing different subcultures. Ethnographic research on gangs has opened the debate around the possibility of defining them through behaviors, initiation rites and their place in society, generating different questions about the current relationships with several criminal groups, as well as the stereotypes applied to their members (men and women). It seeks to reactivate the debate in the academic sphere about gangs and promote ethnographic research. The cases can be conceived as the response of some young people to a situation of rejection, in conflict with certain environment that is imposed to them as exclusive and the impossibility of finding other ways of belonging to society, obtaining a certain social prestige and economic benefits. En este texto se expone, con base en numerosos estudios, un análisis de la evolución, costumbres y contexto de las pandillas latinoamericanas, que han definido su lugar en distintos espacios urbanos posicionándose mediante la violencia, y construyendo distintas subculturas. Las investigaciones etnográficas sobre los gangs han abierto el debate en torno a la posibilidad de definirlos a través de conductas, ritos de iniciación y su lugar en la sociedad, generando distintos cuestionamientos sobre las relaciones existentes con diversos grupos delictivos, así como los estereotipos aplicados a sus integrantes (hombres, y cada vez más mujeres). Se busca reactivar el debate en la esfera académica sobre las pandillas y fomentar la investigación etnográfica. Los casos se pueden concebir como la respuesta de algunos jóvenes a una situación de rechazo, en conflicto con un entorno determinado que se les impone como excluyente y la imposibilidad de encontrar otros modos de pertenencia a la sociedad, obtener un cierto prestigio social y beneficios económicos 2021-03-01 2022-03-22T18:11:41Z 2022-03-22T18:11:41Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Invitado etnografía http://www.culturayrs.unam.mx/index.php/CRS/article/view/902 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/88938 spa http://www.culturayrs.unam.mx/index.php/CRS/article/view/902/pdf Copyright (c) 2021 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 application/pdf Latin America Latinoamerica, América Latina Siglo XX-XXI jóvenes, pandillas, Latinoamérica Cultura y Representaciones Sociales Cultura y Representaciones Sociales; Vol. 15, Núm. 30 (2021); 1 - 34 ISSN 2007-8110 |
| spellingShingle | sociology, anthropology gangs, outsiders, maras, Latin America, la Eme, Barrio 18 Sociología, antropología pandillas; gangs; outsiders; maras; América Latina; la Eme; Barrio 18 Collombon, Maya Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title | Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title_full | Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title_fullStr | Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title_short | Gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an Ethnography of Latin American Gangs |
| title_sort | gangs, maras and other outsiders: towards an ethnography of latin american gangs |
| topic | sociology, anthropology gangs, outsiders, maras, Latin America, la Eme, Barrio 18 Sociología, antropología pandillas; gangs; outsiders; maras; América Latina; la Eme; Barrio 18 |
| url | http://www.culturayrs.unam.mx/index.php/CRS/article/view/902 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/88938 |