Reviews
Garot has provided deep insight into an innercity alternative school showing how self identity can change and adjust to the surrounding circumstances and why gang identity is a variable that defies a fixed characterization., "[A]beautifully complex picture of youth identity….Who You Claimis a 'must-read' for scholars interested not just in gangs, but also in youth identity, education, urban neighborhoods, and violence more generally." -Contemporary Sociology,, "Written with the ink of theory, passion, fine attention to method and ethics, Garot represents with dignity the complex and strategic maneuverings of youth in gangs as he represents with humility the equally complex negotiations of a white guy ethnographer working with, for and beside urban youth." - Michelle Fine, co-author of Silenced Voices and Extraordinary Conversations: Re-Imagining Schools, "Garot should be commended for his well-written, exceptionally insightful school ethnography... I teach graduate courses on cultural differences and educational research, and plan to use this book as an example of how to design, execute, and present exemplary research, and most importantly, how to represent historically marginalized young people accurately, ethically, and in a manner that reveals their humanity in dehumanizing circumstances."-Annette Hemmings, Teachers College Record.,, Path breaking and precedent-setting. Robert Garot has appreciated what no one has before, the essential shadow quality of urban gangs, which are not so much things one can be in as they are things danced around, avoided, played with, and very occasionally, practically invoked, "Path breaking and precedent-setting. Robert Garot has appreciated what no one has before, the essential shadow quality of urban gangs, which are not so much things one can be in as they are things danced around, avoided, played with, and very occasionally, practically invoked." -Jack Katz,author of How Emotions Work, ("Garot should be commended for his well-written, exceptionally insightful school ethnography... I teach graduate courses on cultural differences and educational research, and plan to use this book as an example of how to design, execute, and present exemplary research, and most importantly, how to represent historically marginalized young people accurately, ethically, and in a manner that reveals their humanity in dehumanizing circumstances.")-(Annette Hemmings, Teachers College Record.),(), I cannot recommend this book enough. I should add that it is highly readable at undergraduate levels. They should make it mandatory reading for criminologists and law enforcement members., Garot has provided deep insight into an inner‒city alternative school showing how self identity can change and adjust to the surrounding circumstances and why gang identity is a variable that defies a fixed characterization., "Path breaking and precedent-setting. Robert Garot has appreciated what no one has before, the essential shadow quality of urban gangs, which are not so much things one can be in as they are things danced around, avoided, played with, and very occasionally, practically invoked." - Jack Katz, author of How Emotions Work, Written with the ink of theory, passion, fine attention to method and ethics, Garot represents with dignity the complex and strategic maneuverings of youth in gangs as he represents with humility the equally complex negotiations of a white guy ethnographer working with, for and beside urban youth.-, "[A] beautifully complex picture of youth identity….Who You Claim is a 'must-read' for scholars interested not just in gangs, but also in youth identity, education, urban neighborhoods, and violence more generally." -Andrew V. Papachristos, Contemporary Sociology, "Garot has provided deep insight into an inner‒city alternative school showing how self identity can change and adjust to the surrounding circumstances and why gang identity is a variable that defies a fixed characterization." - Diego Vigil, author of The Projects: Gang and Non‒Gang Families in East Los Angeles, [A] beautifully complex picture of youth identity.Who You Claim is a & must-read for scholars interested not just in gangs, but also in youth identity, education, urban neighborhoods, and violence more generally., "Written with the ink of theory, passion, fine attention to method and ethics, Garot represents with dignity the complex and strategic maneuverings of youth in gangs as he represents with humility the equally complex negotiations of a white guy ethnographer working with, for and beside urban youth." -Michelle Fine,co-author of Silenced Voices and Extraordinary Conversations: Re-Imagining Schools, "[A]beautifully complex picture of youth identity….Who You Claimis a 'must-read' for scholars interested not just in gangs, but also in youth identity, education, urban neighborhoods, and violence more generally." -Andrew V. Papachristos, Contemporary Sociology, Written with the ink of theory, passion, fine attention to method and ethics, Garot represents with dignity the complex and strategic maneuverings of youth in gangs as he represents with humility the equally complex negotiations of a white guy ethnographer working with, for and beside urban youth., "Garot should be commended for his well-written, exceptionally insightful school ethnography... I teach graduate courses on cultural differences and educational research, and plan to use this book as an example of how to design, execute, and present exemplary research, and most importantly, how to represent historically marginalized young people accurately, ethically, and in a manner that reveals their humanity in dehumanizing circumstances."-Annette Hemmings, Teachers College Record,, Garot should be commended for his well-written, exceptionally insightful school ethnography... I teach graduate courses on cultural differences and educational research, and plan to use this book as an example of how to design, execute, and present exemplary research, and most importantly, how to represent historically marginalized young people accurately, ethically, and in a manner that reveals their humanity in dehumanizing circumstances., "Garot should be commended for his well-written, exceptionally insightful school ethnography... I teach graduate courses on cultural differences and educational research, and plan to use this book as an example of how to design, execute, and present exemplary research, and most importantly, how to represent historically marginalized young people accurately, ethically, and in a manner that reveals their humanity in dehumanizing circumstances."-Annette Hemmings, Teachers College Record, Path breaking and precedent-setting. Robert Garot has appreciated what no one has before, the essential shadow quality of urban gangs, which are not so much things one can be in as they are things danced around, avoided, played with, and very occasionally, practically invoked., "[A] beautifully complex picture of youth identity….Who You Claim is a 'must-read' for scholars interested not just in gangs, but also in youth identity, education, urban neighborhoods, and violence more generally."-Andrew V. Papachristos, Contemporary Sociology, "I cannot recommend this book enough. I should add that it is highly readable at undergraduate levels. They should make it mandatory reading for criminologists and law enforcement members."- Global Sociology Blog, "Garot has provided deep insight into an inner‒city alternative school showing how self identity can change and adjust to the surrounding circumstances and why gang identity is a variable that defies a fixed characterization." -Diego Vigil,author of The Projects: Gang and Non‒Gang Families in East Los Angeles
