Youth gangs in literature
Johnson, Claudia Durst, 1938-
Youth gangs in literature [electronic resource] / Claudia Durst Johnson. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. - 230 p. - Exploring social issues through literature . - Exploring social issues through literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outlaw gangs in an outlaw society : Borges' "The dread redeemer Lazarus Morell" and Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The Irish immigrant : Asbury's Gangs of New York -- The draft riots : Baker's Paradise Alley -- Borges' "Monk Eastman, purveyor of iniquities" -- A heritage of guns : McMurtry's Anything for Billy -- The 1920s in Chicago : Farrell's Studs Lonigan -- Jewish gangs in Brownsville, 1944/45 : Shulman's The Amboy Dukes -- 1940s in Harlem : Wright's Rite of passage -- Nazis and gangs : Golding's The lord of the flies -- A girl gang in the 1950s : Oates' Foxfire -- The 1960s : S.E. Hinton's The outsiders -- Vietnam and civil rights : Conroy's The lords of discipline -- Prep schools and Watergate : The chocolate war -- Family disintegration in the 1980's : Myers' Scorpions -- 1960s Los Angeles : Bonham's Durango Street -- South Central Los Angeles : Scott's Monster -- Barrio gangs of the 60s and 70s : Rodriguez' Always running -- Filipino Americans : Ascalon's American son -- Vietnamese gangs and skinheads : Garland's Shadow of the dragon -- Chinese gangs : Mahoney's The two Chinatowns.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 --Characters--Juvenile delinquents.
American fiction--History and criticism.
Gangs in literature.
Juvenile delinquents--Biography--History and criticism.--United States
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States.
Juvenile delinquency in literature.
Juvenile delinquents in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Youth in literature.
Electronic books.
PS374.G35 / J64 2004
810.9/3556
Youth gangs in literature [electronic resource] / Claudia Durst Johnson. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004. - 230 p. - Exploring social issues through literature . - Exploring social issues through literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outlaw gangs in an outlaw society : Borges' "The dread redeemer Lazarus Morell" and Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- The Irish immigrant : Asbury's Gangs of New York -- The draft riots : Baker's Paradise Alley -- Borges' "Monk Eastman, purveyor of iniquities" -- A heritage of guns : McMurtry's Anything for Billy -- The 1920s in Chicago : Farrell's Studs Lonigan -- Jewish gangs in Brownsville, 1944/45 : Shulman's The Amboy Dukes -- 1940s in Harlem : Wright's Rite of passage -- Nazis and gangs : Golding's The lord of the flies -- A girl gang in the 1950s : Oates' Foxfire -- The 1960s : S.E. Hinton's The outsiders -- Vietnam and civil rights : Conroy's The lords of discipline -- Prep schools and Watergate : The chocolate war -- Family disintegration in the 1980's : Myers' Scorpions -- 1960s Los Angeles : Bonham's Durango Street -- South Central Los Angeles : Scott's Monster -- Barrio gangs of the 60s and 70s : Rodriguez' Always running -- Filipino Americans : Ascalon's American son -- Vietnamese gangs and skinheads : Garland's Shadow of the dragon -- Chinese gangs : Mahoney's The two Chinatowns.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 --Characters--Juvenile delinquents.
American fiction--History and criticism.
Gangs in literature.
Juvenile delinquents--Biography--History and criticism.--United States
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Literature and society--United States.
Juvenile delinquency in literature.
Juvenile delinquents in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Youth in literature.
Electronic books.
PS374.G35 / J64 2004
810.9/3556