In Search of Respect
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Preface to the 2003 Second Edition Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Epilogue Epilogue 2003
Themes
All Themes Anthropological Research and its Consequences The Crack Trade and the Underground Economy Poverty, History, and Public Policy Street Culture and Drug Use Gender Roles and Family Violence
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All Characters Philippe Bourgois Primo Ray Luis Caesar Candy Felix Benzie Carmen Maria Willie Primo’s Mother Gloria Papito Little Pete Junior Wanda Tony Abraham Esperanza
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All Terms East Harlem (El Barrio) Ethnography Crackhouse Crack Powder Cocaine Heroin Marijuana Speedball The Underground Economy Street Culture Positivism Pornography of Violence Inner City Lookout Nuyorican Cultural Capital Speakeasy The Game Room La Farmacia Bodega FIRE Sector Ataque de Nervios
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In Search of Respect

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Philippe Bourgois

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Jíbaro

The term “jíbaro” shows how generations of Puerto Ricans have had to reform their identities, concepts of pride, in response to the changing economic and political conditions that have forced them from one form of…

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