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Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. This book untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship.

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"With Doormen, Peter Bearman emerges as one the most original and dazzling chroniclers of urban society today. In this exceptionally readable book, he shows that everyday urban settings and workers are as interesting as the housing projects, street-corner men, and crack dealers that are the standard topics of contemporary urban studies." - Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk and Slim's Table"

Doormen Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226039695, 978-0226039695
      ISBN10: 0226039692
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      Book Synopsis
      Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. This book untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship.

      Trade Review
      "With Doormen, Peter Bearman emerges as one the most original and dazzling chroniclers of urban society today. In this exceptionally readable book, he shows that everyday urban settings and workers are as interesting as the housing projects, street-corner men, and crack dealers that are the standard topics of contemporary urban studies." - Mitchell Duneier, author of Sidewalk and Slim's Table"

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