Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community - Hardcover

Horowitz, Ruth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813509661 ISBN 13: 9780813509662

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Thirty-second Street in Chicago. A Chicano community, peaceful on a warm summer night, residents socializing, children playing--and gang warfare ready to explode at any time. Ruth Horowitz takes us to the heart of this world, one characterized by opposing sets of values. On the one hand, residents believe in hard work, education, family ties, and the American dream of success. On the other hand, gang members are preoccupied with fighting to maintain their personal and family honor. Horowitz gives us an inside look at this world, showing us how the juxtaposition of two worlds--the streets and the social ladder--and two cultures, Mexican and American, constantly challenges the residents of the community.

About this title

Synopsis:

Looks at a Chicano community and examines the contradictions between those who believe in hard work and the American dream, and gang members who fight for personal and family honor.

About the Author:

Ruth Horowitz is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Delaware.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0813509661
• ISBN 13: 9780813509662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296