My body imprisoned, my soul relieved
Youth, gangs and prison in Cape Verde
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12598985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Zoettl (0000-0003-3261-2194, Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA)–University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 148-164 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-5494 • E-ISSN: 1460-3551 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1367549415603380 |
| OpenAlex | W2286597167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
Urban street gangs flourish in the urban centres of the Cape Verdean archipelago. Most of their members belong to the male, young and economically disadvantaged strata of society. While in public discourse youth gangs are often peremptorily blamed for most of the violence and criminality that take place in the country, the internal dynamics of gang life often go unnoticed. Based on fieldwork in the cities of Praia and Mindelo, the article discusses the mechanisms that make Cape Verdean adolescents and youths join urban gangs and stick to them, despite the state’s politics of securitization and repression. Within this context, the experience of imprisonment is related to gang members’ pre-prison biographies and the conceptualization of prison itself, reinforced during individual ‘careers’ of marginality
Cape · Cape verde · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Disadvantaged · Ethnology · Geography · Imprisonment · Political science · Politics · Prison · Securitization · Seriousness · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Gender Studies · Law · Sex work and related issues
Going down to the barrio
Outsiders
Morabeza , cash or body
Street Gang Recruitment
The Society of Captives
From the Ninevites to the hard livings gang
Toward a Dictatorship Over the Poor
Lethal Theatre
Masculinidade, Violência E Espaço Público
Rappers Cabo-Verdianos E Participação Política Juvenil
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
"Prison Is for Young People!" Youth, Violence, and the State in Praia and Mindelo, Cape Verde
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2017 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |