Le Boogie Woogie - Inside an After-Hours Club

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

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.

Testo aggiuntivo

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Terry Williams
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780231177887
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17788-7
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: The Cosmopolitan Life; The Cosmopolitan Life
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; New York, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, urban sociology; Middle Atlantic history; tourism