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Sudhir Venkatesh, a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, begins Gang Leader for a Day by describing a crack den in a project on the South Side of that city. Sudhir says he is not there to do drugs, but to observe people as they buy them, do them, and sell them.
About Gang Leader for a Day. A New York Times Bestseller “A rich portrait of the urban poor, drawn not from statistics but from vivid tales of their lives and his, and how they intertwined.” —The Economist “A sensitive, sympathetic, unpatronizing portrayal of lives that are ususally ignored or lumped into ill-defined stereotype.”
Jan 16, 2008 · By William Grimes. Jan. 16, 2008. On a hot summer day in 1989, Sudhir Venkatesh, a callow sociology student with a ponytail and tie-dyed T-shirt, walked into one of Chicago’s toughest housing...
Dec 30, 2008 · A New York Times Bestseller. "A rich portrait of the urban poor, drawn not from statistics but from vivid tales of their lives and his, and how they intertwined." —The Economist. "A sensitive, sympathetic, unpatronizing portrayal of lives that are ususally ignored or lumped into ill-defined stereotype." —Finanical Times.
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets. to the Streets. Camille Zubrinsky Charles4. This essay offers reflections on Sudhir Venkatesh 's book Gang Leader for a Day: KEY WORDS: gangs; deviance; social control; community; ethnography.
Dec 23, 2008 · Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh ...more. The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured...
Jan 31, 2009 · Fri 30 Jan 2009 19.01 EST. If you liked The Wire, then this is one sociological study you simply must read. A graduate student at the University of Chicago in 1989, Sudhir Venkatesh was shocked...
