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Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956-

In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio / Philippe Bourgois.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995 (1996 printing)

xii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Structural analysis in the social sciences

Structural analysis in the social sciences.

Crack (Drug) -- New York (State) -- New York.

Drug traffic -- New York (State) -- New York.

Hispanic Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York.

Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.

African Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- New York.

Informal sector (Economics) -- New York (State) -- New York.

Marginality, Social -- New York (State) -- New York.

Drugs of abuse.

Social history.

African Americans.

Hispanic Americans.

Self-perception.

Drug abuse.

Drug addiction.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.

Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award, 1995.

Acknowledgments -- 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 -- Redefining gender on the street -- Families and children in pain -- Vulnerable fathers -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.

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