“We Weren't Like No Regular Dope Fiends”: Negotiating Hustler and Crackhead Identities1

By Heith Copes, J. Williams. 2008

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Is cannabis use normalized, celebrated or neutralized? Analysing talk as action (2012, background): “In a recent study, for example, Copes, Hochstetler, and Williams (2008) described how ‘hustler’ and ‘crackhead’ identities are dialectically paired status symbols that are constantly being negotiated.”
• A narrative approach to studying symbolic boundaries among drug users: A qualitative meta-synthesis (2016, background): “Whereas male users from urban areas emphasize their heart and courage and their ability to maneuver on the streets as keys to functionality (Copes et al., 2008).”