Angels' Town: Chero Ways, Gang Life, and the Rhetorics of Everyday

by Ralph Cintron

In a profile of members of a Latino community in a midsized American city, an ethnographer demonstrates how people create self-respect and make sense of their lives

Genres: Urbanism, Writing, Cultural

264 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jo Means · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read it for school but it was pretty good.

[Stephen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the open chapters in which Cintron introduces ethnography as a technique and his biases as he approaches his subject matter.

I thought I might enjoy this because of the focus on a community I don't know very well, but it was too academic / sociological for the stories to be engaging.

Wished it were more like Van Maanen's Tales of the Field.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good so far, but thick.