In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio Philippe Bourgois book In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio was published in 1995‚ and discussed his experiences of authors living in El Barrio (East Harlem). In 1985 the writer moved to this district of New York City with the purpose of studying the impact of imposed racial segregation and economic marginalization on the inner city Puerto Rican population (intro pg.1). An interesting new insight into the street culture found in New
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theorists Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault. In his research‚ Bourgeois relied on the participant-observation method‚ meaning that he chooses to live and integrate himself in the society he studies. To write his book “In Search of Respect”‚ Bourgeois was living with his family next to a crack house in East Harlem for five years during the 1980s. Furthermore‚ he later wrote a book called “Righteous Dopefiend” based on his time living among drug addicts on the streets in San Francisco for 12 years as well
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economy are examined through his participant-observation of El Barrio in East Harlem NYC. For several years‚ beginning in 1985 when he rented an apartment in Spanish Harlem‚ Philippe engaged in an ethnographic study of the street life in that haven. He befriended a Puerto Rican crack entrepreneur by the name of Ray and his subordinates Primo and Caesar. Learning street smarts was pivotal in gaining their trust. As a white man in El Barrio you were either an "undercover
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As I read in search of respect I quickly realize that this book is very interesting. The statistics and details given early in the preface and introduction set the platform to hear the voices of the people who will be featured in this book. This book was written by an ethnographer which is a person who lives in the communities they study and establish long term relationships with the people they write about. As I read chapter one I began to fear for the authors life! To actually read the details
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Juggling Ethics in El Barrio Anthropologists‚ being scientists whom deal with humans and their society‚ commonly find themselves at ethical crossroads. However‚ the ethical responsibilities and challenges that anthropologists face are multi-dimensional in the sense that they include all aspects of society. Anthropologists must take into account the ethical responsibilities he or she has for himself/herself‚ the people he/she is working with‚ the general public‚ and‚ in certain cases‚ for his or
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Ashir Mirza 4/23/2012 LST 303 The class has broadened my thinking process quite a bit now since the beginning of class. The Oral presentation on gentrification in El barrio has changed my outlook on how communities in the united states are being manipulated to change because of the area they live in and how that area is in need of change but not for the betterment of the people that live in that community but for the investors and other people that are trying to move in to change the demographics
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Anthropology 11 – Cultural Anthropology In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio General and Introduction What is Bourgois ’ main argument in this book? How does he go about making it‚ step by step? Is it convincing? Why?/Why not? What is "cultural capital?" How does this concept explain the experiences of people from El Barrio-in school? at work? in business? in the legal system? How do you think Bourgois ’ ethnography balances
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The significance of my title “El Crack” comes from nicknames given to soccer players who do amazing things in the field from their hard training hours. Meanwhile‚ my father and uncle both loved to play soccer; they eventually made me go outside to play soccer with them at a young age. They commented on how I could become a soccer prodigy with the amount of skill I had as an amuetuer player. Next‚ I played soccer for about a year it didn’t go so well for me and my team. On the other hand‚ I trained
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“El Tonto Del Barrio” Humbleness and charity towards one another is one of the lessons “El Tonto del Barrio” illustrates to the readers through the protagonist of the story‚ Romero Estrado. The story begins describing with very specific details the life of “El Cotorro” or Romero. Mr. Armas continues the story inviting all of the people from “El Barrio” to come along in the story to show their influence in the life of Romero. What happens in the story‚ Mr. Romero seems to be the happiest person
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Fixing the Broken “El Tonto del Barrio” tells the story of Romero‚ a man who has an exclusive arrangement in the Golden Heights Centro. Romero sweeps the sidewalks and the barrio gives him handouts‚ which helps balance the community in a systematic way. Could a nonessential improvement be enough to upset the balance of this community? In the short story “El Tonto Del Barrio‚” author Jose Armas intertwines conflict and irony to show readers that one should not fix something that is not broken (896-901)
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