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Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld
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Title: Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld
Author: Laurie Gunst PhD
ISBN: 9780805046984
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
I 1668009
Publisher Description:
Of the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980s, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. Feared and honored for being "harder than the rest," they would lay claim to their new American territory with outlaw bravura, and the raw dancehall music born of their world would define "gangsta" culture for a generation of angry sufferers in Jamaica, American, and England. Laurie Gunst spent a decade moving with the possemen, and "Born Fi' Dead "is her unique account of this netherworld, the first to bring to life Jamaica's international gangs.
Author: Laurie Gunst PhD
ISBN: 9780805046984
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
I 1668009
Publisher Description:
Of the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980s, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. Feared and honored for being "harder than the rest," they would lay claim to their new American territory with outlaw bravura, and the raw dancehall music born of their world would define "gangsta" culture for a generation of angry sufferers in Jamaica, American, and England. Laurie Gunst spent a decade moving with the possemen, and "Born Fi' Dead "is her unique account of this netherworld, the first to bring to life Jamaica's international gangs.
