Righteous Dopefiend by Philippe Bourgois
Introduces the reader to the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. This work develops a cast of characters around the themes of violence, race relations, sexuality, family trauma, embodied suffering, social inequality and power relations.-
Pathologies of Power
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The Land of Open Graves
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Reimagining Global Health
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To Repair the World
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Illegality, Inc.
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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
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Why Did They Kill?
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Shadows of War
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Partner to the Poor
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Annihilating Difference
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When Bodies Remember
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Counting the Dead
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The United States of War
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Archaeology as Political Action
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Paradise in Ashes
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Exit Wounds
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Total Confinement
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Global Outlaws
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Chechnya
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Blind Spot
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Life in Traffic
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Democratic Insecurities
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Nuclear Ghost
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Dispossessed
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Deported to Death
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Returned
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They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields
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The Spectacular Favela
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Driving after Class
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Living with Difference
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Jornalero
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Making Global MBAs
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Fighting to Breathe
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The Spirit Ambulance
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The Succeeders
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Getting Wrecked
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Scratching Out a Living
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Anti-Eviction
"A deeply nuanced picture of a population that cannot escape social reprobation, but deserves social inclusion.. The collage of case studies, field notes, personal narratives and photography is nothing short of enthralling." - Starred Review Publishers Weekly "Get this book and read it... A hell of a story... These people walk by you every day and should not remain invisible." San Francisco Bay Guardian "Leaders and readers alike should pay attention to - and heed its warnings and advice... Unflinching and objective... Must be read - and seen." San Francisco Chronicle "The authors dare you to ignore the subculture in their field notes and arresting black-and-white images, urging that our failed social systems need repairing and we cannot continue to let these outliers remain invisible." Utne "Recommended." Choice "One of the most original and important works of its kind... A pathbreaking photo-ethnography, powerful in presentation, content and scope... A must-read, [it] will rock the world of the sheltered middle class and shed new light on the pervasive structural inequalities plaguing contemporary society." -- Elijah Anderson, author of Streetwise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community. Philadelphia Inquirer "Truly remarkable book." -- Grazyna Zajdow Arena Magazine "Powerfully candid." Zocalo (The Public Square Blog) "With a combination of photographs, dialogue, field notes and critical theory, the book provides a detailed analysis of the social structure of an underground society in contemporary America." Roof Magazine "This book offers as complete and disturbing a view as can be had of just how awful and intractable street life in San Francisco can get." San Francisco Chronicle
Philippe Bourgois is Richard Perry University Professor of Anthropology and Family and Community Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Jeff Schonberg is a photographer and a graduate student in medical anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780520254985 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520254988 |
| Title | Righteous Dopefiend |
| Author | Philippe Bourgois |
| Series | California Series In Public Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2009-05-29 |
| Number of pages | 392 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |