ISBN:
9780520230880
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9780520943315 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
392 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520943315
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
California Series in Public Anthropology v.21
DDC:
305.9/0874
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 charact...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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