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In search of masculinity: violence, respect and sexuality among Puerto Rican crack dealers in East Harlem
British journal of criminology • 36 • Published In 1996 • Pages: 412-427
By: Bourgois, Philippe I..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on the ethnographic fieldwork of the author while residing next to a crack house in East Harlem, New York during the period of the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Burgois describes '…how the social and economic marginalization of second- and third-generation Puerto Rican immigrants in the inner city has polarized violence and sexuality against women and children, both within the family and on the street. Traditional working-class patriarchy has been thrown into crisis by the restructuring of the global economy and the expansion of women's rights. Unable to replicate the rural-based models of masculinity and family structure of their grandfathers' generation, a growing cohort of marginalized men in the de-industrialized urban economy takes refuge in the drug economy and celebrates a misogynist, predatory street culture that normalizes gang rape, sexual conquest, and paternal abandomnent. Marginalized men lash out against the women and children they can no longer support economically nor control patriarchally' (p. 412).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Life history materials
- Labor supply and employment
- Labor relations
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Household
- Family relationships
- Sexuality
- Miscellaneous sex behavior
- Adolescent activities
- Gender roles and issues
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- late 1980s-early 1990s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1946-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- East Harlem, New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Philippe Bourgois
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-427)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 62052872
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--United States