conjugated oppression

ethnicized habitus

intimate apartheid

intimate embodied self-abuse

nationality

French

occupation / innovator as

anthropologist

American

medical anthropologist

is the explosive mixture of ethnic discrimination and class exploitation, (i.e. Ideology and economics).

an ideological dynamic of ethnic discrimination that interacts explosively with an economic dynamic of class exploitation to produce an overwhelming experience of oppression that is more than the sum of the parts» (79).

is the way divisions that are drawn along the basis of skin color are enforced through everyday interaction.

Focusing on tensions between blacks and whites, we develop the concept of 'ethnicized habitus' to understand how divisions drawn on the basis of skin color are enforced through everyday interaction to produce 'intimate apartheid' in the context of physical proximity and shared destitution.

is on our radar. Try again later or consider contributing!

Philippe Bourgois

Authors(0)

Philippe BourgoisThinkers

Philippe Bourgois