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This study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. The authors followed a social network of heroin injectors and crack smokers on the streets of San Francisco, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through burglary, panh...

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Main Authors: Bourgois, Philippe I. 1956- (Author), Schonberg, Jeff 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 2009
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. The authors followed a social network of 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 labour.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index
Introduction: a theory of abuse -- Intimate apartheid -- Falling in love -- A community of addicted bodies -- Childhoods -- Making money -- Parenting -- Male love -- Everyday addicts -- Treatment -- Conclusion: critically applied public anthropology
Physical Description:359 S. zahlr. Ill. 25 cm

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