An analysis of Phillipe Bourgois' representation of gendered identity in his anthropological field study, "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, 2006, $ 62.95
Abstract While Phillippe Bourgois' anthropological field study "In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio" is heavily focused on issues of class, culture and economics in East Harlem, the issue of gender relations and gender construction within this cultural frame is also a prominent theme. This paper critically examines Bourgois' representation of gendered identity and how gender is constructed in El Barrio through public displays of forms of masculinity and femininity. It is argued that as traditional Puerto Rican patriarchal authority appears to be collapsing in El Barrio, the residents are improvising new gendered identities.
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses the power and domination demonstrated in relations between men and women. The writer examines these gender issues in East Harlem, making use of the book 'In Search of Respect' by Philippe Bourgois.
From the Paper "In the world of East Harlem, the El Barrio depicted in Philippe Bourgois' 'In Search of Respect', gender relations are in a state of flux. In response both to trends in the broader society, such as the women's movement, and to changes within traditional Puerto Rican culture as patriarchal authority collapses, gender relations between women and men are shifting. However, as Bourgois records, this shift is often a violent one as gender is often constructed through public displays of power, authority and domination."
Examines social and individual issues in the 1987 film "Less than Zero" and two books, "Prozac Nation" (E. Wortzel) and "In Search of Respect" (P. Bourgois).
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, 1999, $ 39.95
Abstract Drug abuse is the central issue in three works--the film Less Than Zero, and in the books Prozac Nation and In Search of Respect. Each presents individuals or groups of individuals who are alienated from their time and place in society. Drug use is the way these individuals deal with their alienation, or rather, avoid having to deal with it and instead escape into another mental realm
From the Paper "Drug abuse is the central issue in three works--the film Less Than Zero, and in the books Prozac Nation and In Search of Respect. Each presents individuals or groups of individuals who are alienated from their time and place in society. Drug use is the way these individuals deal with their alienation, or rather, avoid having to deal with it and instead escape into another mental realm. This "escape" is not to a better existence, and indeed, all three works suggest that the drug existence is a hellish one. The film depicts drug use among the wealthier class, featuring a group of young people in Beverly Hills. Elizabeth Wurtzel in Prozac Nation is also a young person, but from a different social class and with a different family background leaving her effectively on her own at too young an age. The minorities in the barrio in In Search of Respect turn ..."
Abstract The paper analyzes friendships and how kinships have changed over time. The writer discusses how social scientists have searched for meaning in the structure of greater society, groups of individuals, and family orientations to find meaning in the relationships that color a person's life. The paper further examines how it is not merely the amity of two individuals, but a larger set of interactions and histories that combine to create the possibility for friendship. The paper concludes with new definitions of friendships that technology and the internet have created.
From the Paper "Bell and Coleman assert a view of friendship in which the foundation of the relationship is both voluntary and private. They argue that "friendship becomes a special relationship between two equal individuals involved in a uniquely constituted dyad." Because they view friendship as the voluntary establishment of a relationship between two autonomous individuals, why those specific individuals chose to form a friendship is important."
