ISBN:
9780520230880
,
1283291754
,
9781283291750
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (359 p.)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
California series in public anthropology 21
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology Ser v.21
Parallel Title:
Print version Righteous Dopefiend
DDC:
305.9/0874
Keywords:
Marginality, Social
;
Drug addicts Economic conditions
;
Homeless persons Drug use
;
Drug addicts Social conditions
;
Drug addicts ; United States ; Economic conditions
;
Drug addicts ; United States ; Social conditions
;
Homeless persons ; Drug use ; United States
;
Marginality, Social ; United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers on the streets of San Francisco, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through burglary, panhandling, recycling, and day labor. Righteous Dopefiend interweaves stunning black-and-white photographs with vivid dialogue, detailed field notes, and critical theoretical analysis. Its gripping narrative develops a cast of characters aro
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction: A Theory of Abuse; 1 Intimate Apartheid; 2 Falling in Love; 3 A Community of Addicted Bodies; 4 Childhoods; 5 Making Money; 6 Parenting; 7 Male Love; 8 Everyday Addicts; 9 Treatment; Conclusion: Critically Applied Public Anthropology; Notes on the Photographs; References; Acknowledgments; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index
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