"Bad Boys", Big Trouble: Subcultural Formation and Resistance in a Cambodian Village

Autor/in	Czymoniewicz-Klippel, Melina T.
Titel	"Bad Boys", Big Trouble: Subcultural Formation and Resistance in a Cambodian Village
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 45 (2013) 4, S.480-499 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X11422545
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Males; Preadolescents; Interviews; Juvenile Gangs; Life Style; Subcultures; Cultural Capital; Pacific Islanders; Socioeconomic Status; Social Class; Observation; Focus Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Punishment; Adolescent Attitudes; Cambodia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Jugendbande; Lebensstil; Subculture; Subkultur; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Beobachtung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bestrafung; Kambodscha
Abstract	This article explores the experiences of adolescent males in Cambodia who, simultaneous to their maltreatment and marginalization within the family and community, have reduced opportunities to produce identities of sociomoral value through access to cultural capital. It draws on ethnographic data gathered from adolescents boys aged 9 to 16 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, through in-depth interviews and participant observation. The article examines why and how these so-called "bad boys" are forming gang subcultures as a site of resistance, stressing their role as social actors who make competent and considered lifestyle choices as per their social constraints and opportunities. Gang membership is demonstrated to offer bad boys varying benefits. Yet significant individual and societal risks also arise from these boys' gang involvement. In conclusion, therefore, it is advocated that development practitioners work with bad boys through, rather than against, their subcultures, supporting them to identify alternative means of negotiating social inclusion. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10