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East Side Stories: Gang Life in East LA

Distributed Art Pub; Joseph Rodriguez; Luis J. Rodriguez; Ruben Martinez; Powerhouse Books

Synopsis:
The Myth of the urban gangster today is a powerful and widely misunderstood pop culture icon. photographer Joseph Rodriguez spent three years living, documenting and hanging out with East Side Chicano gangs and South-Central African-American gangs. The result is a striking and intimate scrapbook of 'la vida loca' in the barrio and in the 'hood, where gang-banging violence mixes head-on with classic Rockwellian portraits of family. In his revealing interview, Luis J. Rodriquez draws on his own experience as an ex-gang-member and current leading figure in the gang peace movement.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1996, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Softcover - 1995, Softcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Hardcover - 1995, Softcover - 1995