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Kevin D. Lam
Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling [PDF ebook]
Vietnamese American Youth in a Postcolonial Context

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Winner of the American Educational Studies Association 2016 Critics’ Choice Book Award

Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines the formation of Vietnamese American youth gangs in Southern California. Lam addresses the particularities of racism, violence, and schooling in an era of anti-youth legislation and frames gang members as post-colonial subjects, offering an alternative analysis toward humanization and decolonization.

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Kevin D. Lam is Assistant Professor of Urban and Diversity Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Drake University, USA

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 187 ● ISBN 9781137475596 ● File size 3.1 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4563216 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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