Jóvenes sin tregua

Jóvenes sin tregua
Author: Francisco Ferrándiz
Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile delinquency
ISBN: 9788476587294

Estudio de la violencia juvenil desde una perspectiva transcultural, a partir de la presentación de una serie de estudios etnográficos que cubren un amplio espectro geográfico y cultural. Con ello se pretende situar a la sociedad frente a sí misma, para intentar formular mejor las preguntas sobre las culturas y las políticas de violencia juvenil contemporánea. Están representados cuatro continentes: hay dos estudios localizados en Europa (Euskadi y Génova), uno en África (el squatter camp sudafricano), otro en el Próximo Oriente (Palestina), dos en Estados Unidos (el ghetto americano) y cinco en América Latina (El Salvador, México, Colombia, Venezuela y Chile). También están representadas diversas expresiones de la violencia: bélica, guerrillera, terrorista, política, cotidiana, deportiva, ritual y mediática.

Cultural Shaping of Violence

Cultural Shaping of Violence
Author: Myrdene Anderson
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781557533456

Violence and increasing public awareness of violence mark society's contemporary condition. Sept. 11, 2001 made this condition even more indelible. Cultural Shaping of Violence proposes that violence cannot be described, let alone understond or addressed, unless tied to the cultural settings that influence it. The book's 27 chapters, researched and written by 28 scholars of seven nationalities, document violence in 22 distinct cultural settings in 17 nation-states on five continents. Internal to each society, a number of sites of violence may thrive, from the domestic sphere to social institutions and political arenas. In whatever site or guise, violence reverberates throughout the social fabric and beyond.

Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America

Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America
Author: Maria Helena Rueda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230120032

This volume includes contributions of scholars from various fields - the social sciences, journalism, the humanities and the arts - whose work offers insightful and innovative ways to understand the devastating and unprecedented forms of violence currently experienced in Latin America. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, it offers an array of perspectives that contribute to ongoing debates in the study of violence in the region.