Convertirse en El Más Malo: trayectorias masculinas de violencia en las pandillas de Medellín

Drawing upon forty life-history interviews with gang members in Medellín, Colombia, this paper argues that many young men join gangs to emulate and reproduce ‘successful’ local male identities. The accumulation by the gang of “masculine capital”, the material and symbolic signifiers of manhood, and...

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Main Author: Baird, Adam
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6717592
Source:Revista Estudios Socio-Jurídicos, ISSN 0124-0579, Vol. 20, Nº. 2, 2018, pags. 9-48
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