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The Asian Gang - Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity (Hardcover, First)
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The Asian Gang - Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity (Hardcover, First)
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In recent years the British mass media have 'discovered' a new and
urgent social problem - the Asian 'gang'. Images of urban
deprivation and 'the Underclass' have combined with fears of
growing youth militancy and masculinities-in-crisis to position
Asian, and especially Muslim, young men as the new folk devil. This
reimagination of Asian young men has focused on violence, drug
abuse and crime, set against a backdrop of cultural conflict,
generational confusion and religious fundamentalism. The Asian
'gang', it seems, is the inevitable product of these social forces.
But what is the reality? Based on three years' fieldwork with a
group of Bangladeshi young men in inner-city London, this book
attempts to explore the complex mythologies and realities of
contemporary Asian youth experience. Taking the 'gang' as its
starting point, the study examines the interaction of
representation and reality, ethnicity and masculinity in a
textured, in-depth and personal perspective that challenges
traditional views on Asian communities and identities.
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