The discourse of gangs: Angelville graffiti

dc.contributor.author	Anderson, D.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-12-14T02:52:58Z
dc.date.available	2008-12-14T02:52:58Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Anderson, D.M. (1992). The Discourse of gangs: Angelville graffiti. -- In Lambda Alpha Journal, v.23, p.44-75.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0047-3928
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1855
dc.description	The data used in this paper is that of Professor Cintron. Some he collected before author began his assistanship, and the rest was collected after January, 1991. Many of author's observations in this paper have come from his year of working with Professor Cintron. Observations arose in conversation or sometimes in writing, but it is difficult to footnote the exact source. Author highly recomends Dr. Cintron's writings for anyone who is intrigued by some of the ideas offered in this paper.	en
dc.description.abstract	The graffiti of Angelville has been placed on the walls by gang members to at once signify their existence to passersby and also to communicate with other gangs. The signs in which the message is expressed, or coded, is a direct or metaphorical reflection of the sociopolitical, cultural, and aesthetic make-up of an audience. The aim of this paper is to understand how graffiti functions. What are its rules? Author suggests it functions in an indexical mode pointing to gangs and their territory as well as making statements against other gangs. In many ways it is like a language, however, it is not a language, but code which needs language to mediate the signs since the graffiti signs cannot operate on a meta-, self-referential, level.	en
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dc.language	English (United States)	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	LAJ	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	v.23	en
dc.subject	Gangs	en
dc.subject	90s	en
dc.subject	1990s	en
dc.subject	Ralph Cintron	en
dc.subject	Angelville, IL	en
dc.subject	Kings	en
dc.subject	Folks	en
dc.subject	Latin Kings	en
dc.subject	People	en
dc.subject	Deuces	en
dc.subject	Sign	en
dc.subject	System	en
dc.subject	Graffiti	en
dc.title	The discourse of gangs: Angelville graffiti	en
dc.type	Article	en