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In "In Search of Respect" anthropologist Philippe I. Bourgois documents, over a four‑year period, the economic labor, social interactions and coping strategies of roughly two dozen Puerto Rican crack dealers operating in East Harlem, New York. The work presents interviews, recordings, and photographs that reveal how these individuals navigate poverty, marginality, and the informal economy while grappling with drug trafficking, violence, and the pursuit of personal dignity.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Psychology/Social Psychology
Authors: Philippe I. Bourgois
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