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An analysis of Philippe Bourgois’s anthropological book "In search of respect"

Name: An analysis of Philippe Bourgois’s anthropological book "In search of respect"
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Author: Lee Hooper
ISBN: 978-3-656-50425-2

Essay, 2010

6 Pages, Grade: 1

Lee Hooper (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

This essay will explore the anthropological work of Philippe Bourgois's book In search of respect. The book is an ethnographic study of social marginalisation amongst a predominately Puerto Rican community living in El Barrio, a neighbourhood in East Harlem, New York. Bourgois spend five years living in the community and compiling his work on the lives of Puerto Rican drug dealers, their friends and girlfriends (Bourgois, 2003).

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Title: An analysis of Philippe Bourgois’s anthropological book "In search of respect"
College: Massey University, New Zealand
Grade: 1
Author: Lee Hooper (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 6
Catalog Number: V233136
ISBN (eBook): 9783656502463
ISBN (Book): 9783656504252
File size: 417 KB
Language: English
Keywords: philippe, bourgois’s

Quote paper: Lee Hooper (Author), 2010, An analysis of Philippe Bourgois’s anthropological book "In search of respect", Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/233136

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