Street-gang and tribal-warrior autobiographies

To drink of death : Tukup's head-hunter autobiography and the characteristics of tribal-warrior autobiography -- The kinds of street-gang autobiography -- The bubble reputation : honor, glory and status among the warriors -- Glory manifest : coup tales, warrior boasts and gangsta rap -- Brutal...

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Main Author: Brumble, H. David 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK New York, NY Anthem Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Summary:To drink of death : Tukup's head-hunter autobiography and the characteristics of tribal-warrior autobiography -- The kinds of street-gang autobiography -- The bubble reputation : honor, glory and status among the warriors -- Glory manifest : coup tales, warrior boasts and gangsta rap -- Brutal honesty -- The education of the warrior -- The warrior choice -- Mona Ruiz's two badges : women warriors and warriors' women -- Sam Blowsnake and the unfortunate Pottawatomie -- The gangbanger autobiography of Monster Kody (AKA Sanyika Shakur) -- Battle, raid and stratagem -- Berserkers and the tragedy of warrior individualism.
"Stories Warriors Tell is about the eerie similarities between the autobiographies that have come to us from warrior tribes and street gangs. Gangbangers were so far alienated from the larger society that they re-invented something very like tribal warrior cultures at the right heart of American cities"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-217) and index
Physical Description:xii, 225 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781783087815
1783087811