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Based on 10 years of ethnographic fieldwork in Latino/a communities in northern IL, violence & vengeance, primarily among youths & gang members, are discussed. Four points are made: (1) Violence & vengeance are attempts to establish order over escalating disorder; vengeance often relies on a conviction regarding some higher moral order. (2) Vengeance can operate as a kind of counterideology when the values & beliefs of a legally based society seem hypocritical or unreliable. (3) If vengeance is considered as a kind of ideology, one must acknowledge the power of language to create a sense of what is real; moreover, ideological language always hides something from view; vengeance hides pain, fear, & other vulnerabilities at the root of violence. (4) In acknowledging these roots, the possibility of another ideology begins to take shape, that of trust. 11 References. Adapted from the source document.

Based on 10 years of ethnographic fieldwork in Latino/a communities in northern Illinois, this article discusses violence and vengeance among mostly youths and gang members. Four points are made. First, violence and vengeance are attempts to establish order over escalating disorder. Vengeance often relies on a conviction regarding some higher moral order. Second, vengeance can operate as a kind of counter ideology when the values and beliefs of a legally based society seem hypocritical or unreliable. Third, when we consider vengeance as a kind of ideology, we acknowledge the power of language to create a sense of what is real. Moreover, we acknowledge that ideological language always hides something from view. In short, vengeance hides pain, fear, and other vulnerabilities that lie at the root of violence. Fourth, in acknowledging these roots, the possibility of another ideology begins to take shape, that is, trust.

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