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Barrio Life

Barrio Life is an academic construct that denotes the socio-spatial practices and cultural formations characteristic of Mexican American urban enclaves, distinguished by its focus on collective identity, territoriality, and resistance within structurally marginalized neighborhood contexts.

166

Publications

14.1K

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173

Authors

85

Institutions

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2017–2026

7

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Publications

166

In search of respect: selling crack in El Barrio

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 2.1K citations

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In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio.

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Philippe Bourgois · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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Poverty and place: ghettos, barrios, and the American city

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 982 citations

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Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty.

Clarence Senior, Oscar Lewis · American Sociological Review · 1959 · 929 citations

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Barrio gangs: street life and identity in Southern California

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 553 citations

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Authors

173

  1. JW
    Joan W. Moore

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    6 publications · 333 citations

    6

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  2. DM
    Daniel M. Goldstein

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    4 publications · 306 citations

    4

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  3. HB
    Helen Berents

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

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  4. EW
    Esther Wiesenfeld

    Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela

    3 publications · 113 citations

    3

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  5. KL
    Kenneth L. Karst

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 95 citations

    3

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Institutions

85

  1. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    136 citations

  2. Central University of Venezuela

    Caracas, Venezuela

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    299 citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    23 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 26 publications · 5K citations

    20

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  2. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 12 publications · 980 citations

    11

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

    10

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  4. Ethnology

    3 publications · 88 citations

    3

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  5. City & Society

    3 publications · 54 citations

    3

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