Historique
Livre
Righteous dopefiend
Auteur(s) :
BOURGOIS, P. ;
SCHONBERG, J.
Année
2009
Page(s) :
360 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press
Collection :
California Series in Public Anthropology 21
ISBN :
978-0-520-25498-5
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
ANTHROPOLOGIE
;
INJECTION
;
IMAGE DU CORPS
;
SANS ABRI
;
USAGER
;
ETHNIE
;
HEROINE
;
CRACK
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
TEMOIGNAGE
Note générale :
Berkeley, CA, Univ. of California Press, 2009, (California Series in Public Anthropology 21), 360 p.
Note de contenu :
CONTENTS:
Introduction: A Theory of Lumpen 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.
Introduction: A Theory of Lumpen 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.
Résumé :
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. (Editor's abstract)
Affiliation :
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
L01282