The dark gloom continues in [[Latino]] literature. For example the dangerous streets in Luis Rodríguez's 1993 autobiographical novel ''Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.'' are a metaphor for young urban Latinos' sense of despair and search for self that can lead them into gang activity.<ref> Fine (2000); Maria Herrera-Sobek, "Geography of Despair: The Mean Streets of L.A. in Luis Rodriguez's ''Always Running''". ''Latino Studies Journal]] 1997 8(2): 56-67. 1066-1344 </ref> | The dark gloom continues in [[Latino]] literature. For example the dangerous streets in Luis Rodríguez's 1993 autobiographical novel ''Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.'' are a metaphor for young urban Latinos' sense of despair and search for self that can lead them into gang activity.<ref> Fine (2000); Maria Herrera-Sobek, "Geography of Despair: The Mean Streets of L.A. in Luis Rodriguez's ''Always Running''". ''Latino Studies Journal]] 1997 8(2): 56-67. 1066-1344 </ref> |