| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From the drug economy to the attention economy -- 2. Algorithms, analytics, and AK-47s -- 3. Keepin' it real -- 4. Cashing in on clout -- 5. When keepin' it real goes wrong -- 6. Digital slumming -- 7. Hometown heroes or local menace? -- Conclusion -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork and over 150 interviews with gang-affiliated youth in the "Taylor Park" neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Ballad of the Bullet reveals that those coming of age in America's poorest neighborhoods are developing new, creative, and online strategies for making ends meet. Dislocated by the erosion of the crack economy and the splintering of corporatized gangs, these young people exploit the unique affordances of digital social media to capitalize on an emerging online market for urban violence (or, more accurately, a market for the representation of urban violence). In the past, violence functioned primarily as a means of social control, allowing urban youth to compete in illegal street markets and defend the social statuses otherwise denied to them by mainstream society. Today, with the rise of platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, violence has become a premier cultural commodity in and of itself. By amassing millions of clicks, views, and followers, these young people convert their online displays of violence into vital offline resources, including cash, housing, drugs, sex, and, for a very select few, a ticket out of poverty"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Jeffrey Lane |
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Pierre Bourdieu |
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SSYVPP |
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South Side Youth Violence Prevention Project |
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Taylor Park |
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The Digital Street |
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The Wire |
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attention economy |
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black super-predator |
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digital slumming |
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drill rap |
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drug economy |
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gang conflicts |
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gang rivalries |
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gang warfare |
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ghetto violence |
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micro-celebrity |
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music videos |
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representation of urban gang violence |
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self-made entrepreneur |
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social media celebrity |
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social media fame |
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social media policing |
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street life |
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street violence |
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urban communities |
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urban ethnography |
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urban sociology |
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urban studies |
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urban violence |
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violent crime |
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youth culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2020) |
| Subject |
Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Violence -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Social media -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Technology and youth -- Social aspects
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Urban poor -- Illinois -- Chicago
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
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Gangs
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Social media
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Technology and youth
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Urban poor
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Violence
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Illinois -- Chicago
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019036489 |
| ISBN |
0691200084 |
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9780691200088 |
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0691194432 |
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9780691194431 |
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