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Urban Anthropology in the United States: Four Cases : Black Families in Chicago, Chicano Prisoners, Portland Longshoremen, Black Families in Chicago
504 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1978
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Lifelines: Black Families in Chicago
The Portland Longshoremen: A Dispersed Urban Community
Fun City: An Ethnographic Study of A Retirement Community
Longshoreman, like many Americans, consider the use of profanity in the presence of women offensive, but unlike many other nearly all longshoremen consider violation of this norm ample reason to fight
The different forms of profanity are felt to be appropriate only in specific and highly restricted context. Spheres of activity changing
In the presence of women, the use of a nickname usually produces an angry retort, and in the presence of female members of the man’s family may be productive of violence
Lifelines: Black Families in Chicago
The Portland Longshoremen: A Dispersed Urban Community
Fun City: An Ethnographic Study of A Retirement Community
Longshoreman, like many Americans, consider the use of profanity in the presence of women offensive, but unlike many other nearly all longshoremen consider violation of this norm ample reason to fight
The different forms of profanity are felt to be appropriate only in specific and highly restricted context. Spheres of activity changing
In the presence of women, the use of a nickname usually produces an angry retort, and in the presence of female members of the man’s family may be productive of violence
Displaying 1 of 1 review