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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.


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  • Author : Philippe Bourgois
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Total Pages : 392 pages
  • ISBN : 0520943317
  • PDF File Size : 26,9 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Righteous Dopefiend

Righteous Dopefiend
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • File Size : 43,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 May 2009
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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

Righteous Dopefiend

Righteous Dopefiend
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  • Release Date : 29 April 2009
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