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"A Gangster and a Gentleman"

How Street Life–Oriented, U.S.-Born African Men Negotiate Issues of Survival in Relation to Their Masculinity

City University of New York

This article presents a content analysis of two group interviews with street life–oriented, U.S.-born African men that addresses issues of masculinity. The two group interviews are drawn from a more extensive dissertation data set that includes 371 surveys, 22 individual interviews, and 2 group interviews. The men specifically in the group interviews were asked to listen to and remark on a popular street life–oriented hip-hop song titled "A Gangster and a Gentleman" by Styles P. Findings indicate that for many of these men, masculinities are crafted in the face of inhumane socioeconomic conditions. In fact, findings reveal that their masculinity plays a vital role within their street-life orientation, thus serving a profoundly critical function in the development of street life as a "site of resiliency."

Key Words: resiliency • masculinity • opportunity • crime • hip-hop

Men and Masculinities, Vol. 8, No. 3, 288-297 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X05282072


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