RT Book
T1 The marvelous ones: drugs, gang violence, and resistance in East Los Angeles
A1 Contreras, Randol 1971-
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870281438
AB "Once celebrated in the gang world as rebels who defied the established prison order, veterano Maravilla gang members now grapple with the consequences of leading violent and drug-ridden lives. At once thrilling and tender, The Marvelous Ones sheds light on how these aging gang members struggle to stay meaningful in the face of addiction, violent trauma, and a rapidly changing East Los Angeles. Randol Contreras spent close to a decade studying the legendary Maravilla gangs of East LA, who made waves in the 1990s for their rebellion against the most powerful prison gang in the United States: the Mexican Mafia, or La Eme. These men granted Contreras unique access to their experiences, revealing how family members shun them, how jail and prison worsen them, how the church and drug treatment redeem them, and how their brightest moments lie in their pasts as legends of the California gang world. The Marvelous Ones gives human faces to the suffering and resilience of some of the most marginalized members of our culture"--
CN HV6439.U7
SN 9780520295087
SN 9780520295094
K1 Mexican Mafia (Gang)
K1 Mexican American gangs : California : East Los Angeles
K1 Prison gangs : California : East Los Angeles
K1 Drug Abuse : California : East Los Angeles
K1 Violence : California : East Los Angeles
K1 Los Angeles, Calif. : Bande : Altern : Lebensführung : Marginalität