Write an essay discussing the structure of the family in the barrio, the structural marginality of people who live in the barrio (due to historical processes and unequal power relations around class, ethnic or gender and sexual categories), street culture and the consequences of their decisions. In chapter nine, Bourgois discusses offers some insight into what solutions might be found, so consider those that apply to your topic in your essay. Choose one of the following topics and discuss it as a central factor that affects family structure and lived family experiences. Please label your essay as #1, #2 or #3. The traditional path in the barrio of escaping from a troubled home by falling romantically in love with an idealized man and embracing motherhood. Punishing girls in the street and how it affects women, the family and motherhood Masculinity and the lack of power of fathers in maintaining a family
