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In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio
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"For the first time, an anthropologist has managed to gain the confianza and long-term friendship of street-level drug dealers in one of the roughest ghetto neighborhoods in the United States - Eas...
"For the first time, an anthropologist has managed to gain the confianza and long-term friendship of street-level drug dealers in one of the roughest ghetto neighborhoods in the United States - East Harlem. For four years, the author had completely free rein to observe, tape-record, and photograph every facet of the lives of some two dozen Puerto Rican crack dealers. By presenting their crack-house conversations in context, he conveys in their own words the most intimate and taboo details of their personal lives: from violent crime and gang rape, to tender friendships and childhood dreams of glory and dignity."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Philippe Bourgois
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- Language
- English
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995
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- xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521435185, 0521435188
- OCLC
- ocm32087404
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and index.
- 1. Violating Apartheid in the United States -- 2. A Street History of El Barrio -- 3. Crackhouse Management: Addiction, Discipline, and Dignity -- 4. "Goin' Legit": Disrespect and Resistance at Work -- 5. School Days: Learning to be a Better Criminal -- 6. Redrawing the Gender Line on the Street -- 7. Families and Children in Pain -- 8. Vulnerable Fathers -- 9. Conclusion
Subjects
- Crack (Drug) -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York.
- African Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York.
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Hispanic Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Informal sector (Economics) -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Marginality, Social -- New York (State) -- New York.
- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.