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Renegade Dreams
Laurence Ralph
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Description for Renegade Dreams
Paperback. Walking the streets of one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods - where the local gang has been active for more than fifty years the author talks with people whose lives are irrecoverably damaged, seeking to understand how they cope and how they can be helped. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Every morning Chicagoans wake up to stark headlines that read like some macabre score: "13 shot, 4 dead overnight across the city," and nearly every morning the same elision occurs: what of the nine other victims? As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must cope with their injuries - both physical and psychological - for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. Walking the streets of one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods - where the ... Read more
Every morning Chicagoans wake up to stark headlines that read like some macabre score: "13 shot, 4 dead overnight across the city," and nearly every morning the same elision occurs: what of the nine other victims? As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must cope with their injuries - both physical and psychological - for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. Walking the streets of one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods - where the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226032719
SKU
V9780226032719
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About Laurence Ralph
Laurence Ralph is assistant professor in the Departments of Anthropology and African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
Reviews for Renegade Dreams
"Renegade Dreams is a tour de force-extremely well written and engaging, and replete with original insights. Once I began reading Ralph's book I had a difficult time putting it down. His field research is fascinating. And his explicit discussion of the interconnections of inner-city injury with government and community institutions, as well as how it is related to historical and ... Read more