001480379 000__ 05257nam\a22008415i\4500 001480379 001__ 1480379 001480379 003__ DE-B1597 001480379 005__ 20231026035138.0 001480379 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480379 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480379 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480379 020__ $$a9781479818129 001480379 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9781479850099.001.0001$$2doi 001480379 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547463 001480379 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480379 0410_ $$aeng 001480379 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480379 050_4 $$aHV6439.U7$$bL725 2016 001480379 072_7 $$aSOC002000$$2bisacsh 001480379 08204 $$a261.83310660979494$$223 001480379 1001_ $$aFlores, Edward Orozco, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480379 24510 $$aGod's Gangs :$$bBarrio Ministry, Masculinity, and Gang Recovery /$$cEdward Orozco Flores. 001480379 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001480379 264_4 $$c©2013 001480379 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480379 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480379 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480379 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480379 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480379 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tList of Tables and Figures -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. The Latino Crime Threat -- $$t2. Into the Underclass or Out of the Barrio? -- $$t3. Recovery from Gang Life -- $$t4. Reformed Barrio Masculinity -- $$t5. Masculinity and the Podium -- $$t6. From Shaved to Saved -- $$tConclusion -- $$tNotes -- $$tReferences -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480379 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480379 520__ $$aWinner, 2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Award presented by the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological AssociationLos Angeles is the epicenter of the American gang problem. Rituals and customs from Los Angeles' eastside gangs, including hand signals, graffiti, and clothing styles, have spread to small towns and big cities alike. Many see the problem with gangs as related to urban marginality-for a Latino immigrant population struggling with poverty and social integration, gangs offer a close-knit community. Yet, as Edward Orozco Flores argues in God's Gangs, gang members can be successfully redirected out of gangs through efforts that change the context in which they find themselves, as well as their notions of what it means to be a man. Flores here illuminates how Latino men recover from gang life through involvement in urban, faith-based organizations. Drawing on participant observation and interviews with Homeboy Industries, a Jesuit-founded non-profit that is one of the largest gang intervention programs in the country, and with Victory Outreach, a Pentecostal ministry with over 600 chapters, Flores demonstrates that organizations such as these facilitate recovery from gang life by enabling gang members to reinvent themselves as family men and as members of their community. The book offers a window into the process of redefining masculinity. As Flores convincingly shows, gang members are not trapped in a cycle of poverty and marginality. 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