Barrio professors : tales of naturalistic research / Lloyd H. Rogler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogler, Lloyd H. (Lloyd Henry), 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social scientists--Fiction.

Social scientists.

San Juan (P.R.)--Fiction.

San Juan (P.R.).

New Haven (Conn.)--Fiction.

New Haven (Conn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Prize-winning sociologist Lloyd H. Rogler, a founder of cultural psychiatry, gives us an intimately revealing, brilliantly narrated account of fieldwork from San Juan, Puerto Rico to inner-city New Haven. Using his decades of field experience and creative fiction he explores the daily reality of his ""informants""-the Barrio Professors-and uncovers the clash between scientific models and local experience over schizophrenia, the political workings of community, and the power of serendipity. Rogler''s multi-layered exploration of the relationship between researcher and community, as well as his

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part One: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1957-1960; 1. Don Paco's Challenge to Experimental Sociology; 2. Getting Started; 3. The Schizophrenic Reversal; 4. Coping with Madness; 5. Spirits Everywhere; 6. Spiritualism Earns Academic Credentials; Part Two: New Haven, Connecticut, 1960-1968; 7. Intrigues of the Political Boss; 8. Charismatic Leadership; 9. Doña Maria and My Antonio; Epilogue: Conversations with Charlie; About the Author

Notes:

First published 2008 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-43327-3

1-315-43328-1

1-315-43329-X

1-59874-722-3

9781315433295

OCLC:

647843454