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Original Articles

The Management of Identity in Bodegas

Stigma and Microeconomics in Brooklyn

Pages 75-92 | Received 10 Jan 2001, Published online: 20 Oct 2008
 

Abstract

This article provides an ethnographic sketch of psychoac-tive chemical use within a Hispanic “street corner” and “store-front” society in Brooklyn, New York. Special reference is made to mentally impaired and chemically dependent individuals who attain a “mascot”-like role and an economic niche in small businesses, and to metha-done maintenance clients who attempt to manage information in order to disavow their stigmatized identity.

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