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Taking it to the streets: The larrikins and the Lebanese
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White, RD, Taking it to the streets: The larrikins and the Lebanese, Outrageous!, ACYS Publishing, Scott Poynting and George Morgan (ed), Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 40-52. ISBN 9781875236596 (2007) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to examine how the street is socially constructed as a site for
action and adventure by different groups of young people. The first part examines the push
larrikins of Sydney and Melbourne in the 1800s - groups of young people who were noted
for their street presence and who were at the centre of moral panics for several decades. The
paper then gives consideration to contemporary examples of street-present youth through
reference to the so-called Middle Eastern gangs of Sydney. Interesting differences and
similarities are explored between the two time periods and the two groups. Consideration is
given to street activities, group appearance, policing practices and the specific nature of the
moral panic. The intersection of class, gender, ethnicity and age is variously explored as part
of the interpretation of these phenomena.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | young people, youth, street presence, Middle Eastern gangs, Lebanese, moral panic |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Public law |
Research Field: | Public law not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | White, RD (Professor Rob White) |
ID Code: | 44274 |
Year Published: | 2007 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2007-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2012-11-07 |
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