Sandra M. Bucerius
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199856473
- eISBN:
- 9780199398133
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199856473.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance, Race and Ethnicity
This study builds on five years of ethnographic research with an all-male group of fifty-five Muslim second-generation immigrant drug dealers in Frankfurt, Germany, and examines the relationship ...
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This study builds on five years of ethnographic research with an all-male group of fifty-five Muslim second-generation immigrant drug dealers in Frankfurt, Germany, and examines the relationship among immigration, social exclusion, and the informal economy. In particular, the study explores the intimate and interactive aspects of the lives of this group of second-generation Muslim immigrants, who belong to one of, if not the most, discriminated against and socially excluded populations in German society. Bucerius examines how the young men negotiate their participation in the drug economy while still trying to adhere to their cultural and religious obligations and explores their struggle to find their own niche and identity within German society while facing marginalization. She offers detailed and reflective insights into the lives, hopes, and dreams of these young men and provides the reader with the necessary context to understand their actions while never trying to obscure the many contradictions and unpicturesque facets of their lives. Bucerius’s ethnography is written in the traditions of contemporary ethnographies that contribute to a conversation that is relational and dialogic in nature, solicit emotional connection, encourage involvement, and facilitate intimate revelations in both the researcher and the audience. As such, the book contains a narration of personal and local stories, thick descriptions of contexts, revelatory dialogues, and her personal experience and reflections.Less
This study builds on five years of ethnographic research with an all-male group of fifty-five Muslim second-generation immigrant drug dealers in Frankfurt, Germany, and examines the relationship among immigration, social exclusion, and the informal economy. In particular, the study explores the intimate and interactive aspects of the lives of this group of second-generation Muslim immigrants, who belong to one of, if not the most, discriminated against and socially excluded populations in German society. Bucerius examines how the young men negotiate their participation in the drug economy while still trying to adhere to their cultural and religious obligations and explores their struggle to find their own niche and identity within German society while facing marginalization. She offers detailed and reflective insights into the lives, hopes, and dreams of these young men and provides the reader with the necessary context to understand their actions while never trying to obscure the many contradictions and unpicturesque facets of their lives. Bucerius’s ethnography is written in the traditions of contemporary ethnographies that contribute to a conversation that is relational and dialogic in nature, solicit emotional connection, encourage involvement, and facilitate intimate revelations in both the researcher and the audience. As such, the book contains a narration of personal and local stories, thick descriptions of contexts, revelatory dialogues, and her personal experience and reflections.
