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An ethnographic study of the residents of a violent West Chicago neighborhood and how they cope from day to day.
As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must copy with their injuries-both physical and psychological-for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. Walking the streets of one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, Laurence Ralph talks to parents, grandparents, and pastors, to activists and gang leaders, to the maimed and the hopeful, to aspiring rappers, athletes, or those who simply want safe passage to school or a steady job. Seeking to understand how they cope, he ultimately shows that the injuries they carry are-like dreams-a crucial form of resilience.
As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must copy with their injuries-both physical and psychological-for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. Walking the streets of one of Chicago's most violent neighborhoods, Laurence Ralph talks to parents, grandparents, and pastors, to activists and gang leaders, to the maimed and the hopeful, to aspiring rappers, athletes, or those who simply want safe passage to school or a steady job. Seeking to understand how they cope, he ultimately shows that the injuries they carry are-like dreams-a crucial form of resilience.