... that was now lost forever in the new stream of American cultism. Cultism had become mainstream society. The blacks were still no part of this society other than to create the 'rhythm'. Prohibition If any one theme describes the mystique of the 1920's that word is prohibition: the forbidding of the production, consumption and selling of alcoholic beverages, all associated with the inferno of gambling, prostitution and cigarette smoke ... . As drink was "destroying the minds and bodies of American men" (and women). William Windom, a US Senator had ... ...

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... these women and men on a daily basis. The second theme is the search for respect and the reclaiming of dignity by these men and women. Through these themes Bourgois (2002:17) portrays that the people living in El Barrio are known to blame the victim for their misfortune of being the underclass of the United States population and "living in the inferno" due to their inability to compete with ... the classes above them who are more able of succeeding since they have greater opportunities to ... do so. This competition has led the minorities living in such bad neighborhoods, such as the s...

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