ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Heterosexuality, Amniocentesis, Biomedicine
10 Apr 2014
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Figured out that people in the area didn"t have the skills for other jobs. Crack dealing was a form of resistance to racism. Refusal to dress, talk, and engage in socially acceptable activities according to mainstream white culture. Bourgois hung out with the men (it wasn"t socially acceptable for him to be hanging out with females) he was interested in masculinity and what counts as masculine in this culture. Children are socialized into certain ideals of masculinity. Eg. being violent/verbally or physically aggressive, drug dealing, being able to stand up for yourself, having many wives/affairs, being explicit about heterosexuality (making remarks to women) Refusal to conform to the normals/standards of white class middle culture in manhattan. People would immigrate to el barrio because of promises for jobs, etc. People were able to get decent jobs at the beginning without even knowing. Economic restructuring = companies moved to other places where they can get cheaper workers.
