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Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
Peter Bearman
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Description for Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
Paperback. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. This book untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 296 pages, tab. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. In "Doormen," Peter Bearman untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways that tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Combining observation, interviews, and survey information, "Doormen" provides a deep and enduring ethnography of the occupational role of ... Read more
Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. In "Doormen," Peter Bearman untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways that tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Combining observation, interviews, and survey information, "Doormen" provides a deep and enduring ethnography of the occupational role of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226039701
SKU
V9780226039701
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About Peter Bearman
Peter Bearman is chair of the Department of Sociology and director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University.
Reviews for Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)
"With Doormen, Peter Bearman emerges as one the most original and dazzling chroniclers of urban society today. In this exceptionally readable book, he shows that everyday urban settings and workers are as interesting as the housing projects, street-corner men, and crack dealers that are the standard topics of contemporary urban studies." - Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk and Slim's Table" ... Read more