47 pages • 1 hour read
Philippe Bourgois, Jeffrey SchonbergA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Bourgois and Schonberg build their theoretical model on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of symbolic violence and habitus. How do these concepts complicate our understanding of the lives of interlocutors? What are the potential unintended consequences of viewing their lives through this lens?
How does globalization connect to the interpersonal violence enacted on Edgewater Boulevard residents? Consider the book’s four layers of violence: interpersonal, community, societal, and paradigmatic.
What biases and potential blind spots might the authors have brought with them to their work? How did their identities impact their work in the field, and what impacts may not have been explicitly discussed in the book?
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