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Righteous dopefiend [[electronic resource] /] / Philippe Bourgois, Jeff Schonberg



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Autore: Bourgois Philippe I. <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Righteous dopefiend [[electronic resource] /] / Philippe Bourgois, Jeff Schonberg Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
Disciplina: 305.9/0874
Soggetto topico: Drug addicts - United States - Social conditions
Drug addicts - United States - Economic conditions
Homeless persons - Drug use - United States
Marginality, Social - United States
Soggetto non controllato: addiction
betrayal
biography
black and white photography
burglary
dialogue
dispassionate chronicle
drug abusers
drug and alcohol abuse
gonzo journalism
gripping narrative
heroin
homeless
human survival
inequality
larceny
life of a drug addict
memoir
opioid epidemic
overdose
panhandling
race relations
racism
san francisco drug scene
sexuality
solidarity
suffering
theoretical analysis
trauma
treatment of addicts
vicious cycle
violence
Altri autori: SchonbergJeff <1967->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: a theory of abuse -- Intimate apartheid -- Falling in love -- A community of addicted bodies -- Childhoods -- Making money -- Parenting -- Male love -- Everyday addicts -- Treatment -- Conclusion: critically applied public anthropology.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 around the themes of violence, race relations, sexuality, family trauma, embodied suffering, social inequality, and power relations. The result is a dispassionate chronicle of survival, loss, caring, and hope rooted in the addicts' determination to hang on for one more day and one more "fix" through a "moral economy of sharing" that precariously balances mutual solidarity and interpersonal betrayal.
Titolo autorizzato: Righteous dopefiend  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-29175-4
9786613291752
0-520-94331-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808344503321
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Serie: California series in public anthropology ; ; 21.