In Search of Respect 2nd Edition: Selling Crack in El Barrio: 10 (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 10) - Softcover

Bourgois, Philippe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521017114 ISBN 13: 9780521017114

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2003

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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

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521017114
• ISBN 13: 9780521017114
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432