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Le Boogie Woogie - Inside an After-Hours Club

English · Paperback / Softback

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The sociologist Terry Williams returns to the cocaine culture of Harlem in the 1980s and ¿90s with an ethnographic account of a club he calls Le Boogie Woogie. He explores the life of a cast of characters that includes regulars and bar workers, dealers and hustlers, following social interaction around the club¿s active bar.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Setting
2. The Scene
3. The Characters
4. After-Hours Now
Conclusion: A Culture of Refusal
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Methodological Appendix
Appendix 2. Field Note Samples
Appendix 3. Where Are They Now?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Terry Williams is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the New School for Social Research. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including, most recently, The Con Men: Hustling in New York City (Columbia, 2015) and Teenage Suicide Notes: An Ethnography of Self-Harm (Columbia, 2017).

Summary

The sociologist Terry Williams returns to the cocaine culture of Harlem in the 1980s and ’90s with an ethnographic account of a club he calls Le Boogie Woogie. He explores the life of a cast of characters that includes regulars and bar workers, dealers and hustlers, following social interaction around the club’s active bar.

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An admirable effort to illuminate a hidden world that will be most useful to fellow researchers in the social sciences.

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