The authors treat their subject brilliantly and with great compassion. If you're interested in homelessness, addiction, or in the public health issues surrounding IV drug use, this is an excellent source of information. The collage of case studies, field notes, personal narratives and photography is nothing short of enthralling.” - Starred Review - Publishers Weekly “Get this book and read it. Reviews “A deeply nuanced picture of a population that cannot escape social reprobation, but deserves social inclusion. The result is a dispassionate chronicle of fixes and overdoses of survival, loss, caring, and hope rooted in the drug abusers’ determination to hang on for one more day, through a "moral economy of sharing" that precariously balances mutual solidarity and interpersonal betrayal. Its gripping narrative develops a cast of characters around the themes of violence, racism and race relations, sexuality, trauma, embodied suffering, social inequality, and power relations. Righteous Dopefiend interweaves stunning black-and-white photography with vivid dialogue, oral biography, detailed field notes, and critical theoretical analysis to viscerally illustrate the life of a drug addict.
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For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers in the San Francisco drug scene, accompanying them as they scrambled to generate income through burglary, larceny, panhandling, recycling, and day labor.
This powerful work of gonzo journalism, predating the widespread acknowledgement of the opioid epidemic as such, immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse in the contemporary United States.
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