The Two Faces of the Ghetto
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The Two Faces of the Ghetto is a sociological work by Loïc Wacquant that analyzes the dual role of the urban ghetto as both a site of confinement and a source of community and identity.
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| The Two Faces of the Ghetto canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic article
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sociological work ⓘ |
| analyzes | dual role of the ghetto ⓘ |
| argues |
ghetto combines mechanisms of stigma and protection
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ghetto is both instrument of exclusion and site of social cohesion ⓘ ghetto organizes both domination and solidarity ⓘ |
| author | Loïc Wacquant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
comparative study of ghettos and prisons
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theory of advanced marginality ⓘ |
| critiques |
purely cultural explanations of urban poverty
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simplistic views of the ghetto as only pathological ⓘ |
| describes |
ghetto as site of confinement
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ghetto as source of community ⓘ ghetto as source of identity ⓘ |
| discipline | social sciences ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
economic restructuring and labor market changes
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state policies in the production of ghettos ⓘ structural forces shaping the ghetto ⓘ |
| field |
race and ethnic studies
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sociology ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African American urban ghettos in the United States
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historical transformation of the ghetto ⓘ |
| genre | scholarly article ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
collective identity
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social control ⓘ social inequality ⓘ social segregation ⓘ sociology of race ⓘ urban ghetto ⓘ urban marginality ⓘ |
| perspective |
critical sociology
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structural analysis of inequality ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Deadly Symbiosis
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Urban Outcasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
sociologists
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students of race and ethnicity ⓘ urban scholars ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | Bourdieuian sociology ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
symbolic violence
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territorial stigmatization ⓘ |
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