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Ethnographic fieldwork is dope, grant writing isn't. Call this the premisses behind the launch of "Car Customizing and Outlaw Aesthetics" – American Ethnography's new independent research program – and the funding thereof.
Alright, maybe it's not so much that grant ...
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We made a limited edition print to finance American Ethnographys research project "Car Customizing & Outlaw Aesthetics." Its a 1 color print (black) on a 15" x 32" (38cm x 81cm) sheet of Arches 88. Beautify your world and support independent science....
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It's a new issue, this time on dope-related ethnography. We've got Philippe Bourgois' and Jeff Schonberg's new book Righteous Dopefiend. The book is an ethnographic tour de force, the result of a decade the authors spent doing field work with ...
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We at American Ethnography likes us some Mexican wrestling -- a little bit of guys in tights doing topes and planchas: We think masks are cool, El Santo rules, and lucha libre is a goddamned triumph! We figured you might like ...
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We have some of Patricio Crooker's photos from Bolivian Lucha Libre ... yes, Bolivian....
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We have read Lourdes Grobet's Espectacular de lucha libre, an amazing collection of images the Mexican photographer has been able to take of luchadores and luchadoras, and the world surrounding them, over a period of close to 30 years....
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We have an excerpt from Heather Levi's marvelous book The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity. Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City, not only observing live events ...
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Browsing through some American wrestling magazines from the 1970s we stumbled upon the make-believe world of apartment wrestling (below). This treasure chest of exploitation poetry -- soft-core erotica cast in the world of athletics -- was the invention of wrestling ...
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Satan's Angel, the Devil's Own MistressSatan's Angel was a burlesque star in San Francisco in the 1960s and Las Vegas in the 1970s. Her signature act was to light ...
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Korero Books have graciously provided us with a gallery of images from their upcoming release Burlesque Poster Design: The Art of Tease. This means you can already feast your eyes ...
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We have put our T-shirts on sale. They are going out the door for the pitiful low price of $9.95! And even though you have to pay less for them now than before ...