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Material Type: | Manuscript |
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Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Philippe I Bourgois |
ISBN: | 9780521815628 0521815622 9780521017114 0521017114 |
OCLC Number: | 610845854 |
Awards: | Winner of Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (Nonfiction) 2003 |
Description: | xxiii, 407 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Violating apartheid in the United States -- A street history of El Barrio -- Crackhouse management: addiction, discipline, and dignity -- "Goin' legit": disrespect and resistance at work -- School days: learning to be a better criminal -- Redrawing the gender line on the street -- Families and children in pain -- Vulnerable fathers -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Epilogue 2003. |
Series Title: | Structural analysis in the social sciences. |
Responsibility: | Philippe Bourgois. |
Abstract:
Thisedition of Bourgois's ethnographic study of social marginalization in inner-city America adds a prologue describing changes in the 1990s that have altered life on the streets of East Harlem. A new epilogue brings up to date the stories of the dealers and denizens who readers come to know.
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'... rich interview and observational data is used to tell the stories of the residents ... It is clear that Bourgois is a very skilled ethnographer and the book is testimony to that.' Sociology '... an impressive book. The beautifully written and well organised ethnography gives an insight into the drug scene culture with its harsh and shocking details of violence. ... a masterpiece of ethnographic description ...' Medische Anthropologie Read more...
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