Abstract
This Special Issue compiles selected contributions from a workshop held in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University, United Kingdom in 2013. The introduction details the specific terminology and the epistemological interest in aesthetic representations of `gangs`, here understood as a lens through which a conventional understanding of morality can be scrutinised.
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