"Los Angeles, Calif." . . "Clero - Atteggiamento verso il gangsterismo - Los Angeles, Calif." . . "Pastorale des américains d'origine latino-américaine Californie Los Angeles." . . "RELIGION / General.--bisacsh" . . "Jugendbande." . . . . "Hispanic American gangs California Los Angeles." . . "Hispanic American gangs--California--Los Angeles." . "Hispanos." . . "Gangs américains d'origine latino-américaine Californie Los Angeles." . . "Ex-gangsters Services Californie Los Angeles." . . "Church and social problems California Los Angeles." . . "Church and social problems--California--Los Angeles." . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General." . . "Ex-gang members Rehabilitation California Los Angeles." . . "Ex-gang members--Rehabilitation--California--Los Angeles." . "Pregiudicati - Assistenza sociale - Los Angeles, Calif." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Los 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. With the help of urban ministries, such men construct a reformed barrio masculinity to distance themselves from gang life. Edward Orozco Flores is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago. \"--" . "\"Los 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. With the help of urban ministries, such men construct a reformed barrio masculinity to distance themselves from gang life. Edward Orozco Flores is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago. \"--"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Los 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. With the help of urban ministries, such men construct a reformed barrio masculinity to distance themselves from gang life. Edward Orozco Flores is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago.\"--"@en . . . . "God's gangs : barrio ministry, masculinity, and gang recovery"@en . "God's gangs : barrio ministry, masculinity, and gang recovery" . . . . . "God's gangs barrio ministry, masculinity, and gang recovery"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . "Gangsters Californie (États-Unis) Los Angeles (Calif.)." . . "RELIGION Christian Life Social Issues." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.--bisacsh" . . "Immigrati latino americani - Delinquenza - Los Angeles, Calif." . . "Église et problèmes sociaux Église catholique Californie (États-Unis) Los Angeles (Calif.)." . . "RELIGION / General." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology General." . "Latino-Américains Californie (États-Unis) Los Angeles (Calif.)." . . "Church work with Hispanic Americans California Los Angeles." . . "Church work with Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles." . "RELIGION Christianity General." . . "Gangsters Centres sociaux." . . "Ex-gangsters Réhabilitation Californie Los Angeles." . . "Travail d'intérêt général Californie (États-Unis) Los Angeles (Calif.)." . . "Église et problèmes sociaux Californie Los Angeles." . . "Hommes américains d'origine latino-américaine Californie Los Angeles Conditions sociales." . . "Chiesa - Attività assistenziali - Los Angeles, Calif." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.--bisacsh" . . "Gangsters Réhabilitation Californie (États-Unis) Los Angeles (Calif.)." . . "Hispanic American men California Los Angeles Social conditions." . . "Hispanic American men--California--Los Angeles--Social conditions." . "Soziale Integration." . . "Seelsorge." . . "Ex-gang members Services for California Los Angeles." . . "Ex-gang members--Services for--California--Los Angeles." .