Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling: Vietnamese American Youth in a Postcolonial Context

Winner of the American Educational Studies Association 2016 Critics' Choice Book Award

Youth Gangs, Racism, and Schooling examines the formation of Vietnamese American youth gangs in Southern California. Lam addresses the particularities of racism, violence, and schooling in an era of anti-youth legislation and frames gang members as post-colonial subjects, offering an alternative analysis toward humanization and decolonization.

Author: Kevin D. Lam
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 187
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781137475589

About the Author

Kevin D. Lam is Assistant Professor of Urban and Diversity Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Drake University, USA