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Peer reviewedDiamond, Andrew – Journal of Urban History, 2001
Reviews three books on street gangs that examine the formation of gangs between the 1940s and 1970s (a period that predates their connection to drug trafficking), look at masculinity in gang culture following the advent of their connection to drug trafficking, and highlight the role of the gangster in American culture in the 1920s and 1930s. (SM)
Descriptors: Inner City, Males, Masculinity, Mass Media
Peer reviewedJones, Jacquie – African American Review, 1993
Reviews two films dealing with the Black south. Julie Dash's 1992 film "Daughters of the Dust" offers a historical moment in African-American culture concentrating on African-American women. Charles Burnett's 1991 film "To Sleep with Anger," which is set in the Los Angeles (California) of early southern migrants, also…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Family, Black History, Characterization
