In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio

Author(s)

• Bourgois, Philippe I.

Bibliographic Information

In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio

Philippe Bourgois

（Structural analysis in the social sciences）

Cambridge University Press, 1996, c1995

1st. paperback ed.

• : paperback

Note

Bibliography: p. 365-378

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this compelling study of the crack business in East Harlem, Philippe Bourgois argues that a cultural struggle for respect has led some residents of 'El Barrio' away from the legal job market, and into a downward spiral of crime and poverty. During his many years living in the neighborhood, Bourgois eventually gained the confianza of enough Barrio residents to present their hopes, plans, and disappointments in their own words. The result is an engaging and often disturbing look at the problems of the inner-city, America's greatest domestic failing.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 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. Redefining gender on the street
• 7. Families and children in pain
• 8. Vulnerable fathers
• 9. Conclusion
• Epilogue.

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Details

• NCID: BA44883253
• ISBN:
  • 0521574609
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 392 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV5810
  • DC20 : 363.4/5/097471
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Crack (Drug) -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : Drug trafficking -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Hispanic Americans -- Drug use -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York) -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Informal sector (Economics) -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : Marginality, Social -- New York (State) -- East Harlem (New York)
  • LCSH : East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01432332