Mitchell Duneier: 3 books
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A New York Times Notable Book of 2016
W****inner of the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize
On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto—a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck.
In this...
Slim's Table
Race, Respectability, and Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
At the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side, black and white men gather over cups of coffee and steam-table food. Mitchell Duneier, a sociologist, spent four years at the Valois writing this moving profile of the black men who congregate at "Slim's Table." Praised...
by Mitchell Duneier
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2000
An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on "the blocks" of one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Sociologist Duneier, author of Slim's...