Gringo Justice |
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| Author:
| Mirandé, Alfredo
Mirandé, Alfredo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-268-01023-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1994 |
| Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.00USD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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Gringo Justice is a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the experiences of the Chicano people with the legal and judicial system in the United States. Beginning in 1848 and working to the present, a theory of Gringo justice is developed and applied to specific areas--displacement from the land, vigilantes and social bandits, the border, the police, gangs, and prisons. A basic issue addressed is how the image of Chicanos as bandits or criminals has persisted in...
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Gringo Justice is a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of the experiences of the Chicano people with the legal and judicial system in the United States. Beginning in 1848 and working to the present, a theory of Gringo justice is developed and applied to specific areas--displacement from the land, vigilantes and social bandits, the border, the police, gangs, and prisons. A basic issue addressed is how the image of Chicanos as bandits or criminals has persisted in various forms.