Beat-Sosiologi
Jeg vet ikke om dette er mest sosiologi eller mest litteratur – men denne spenstige teksten har uansett passert review-prosessen til Electronic Journal of Sociology, så da er det vel per definisjon vitenskap? Flott er den i alle fall:
What I seek to explore in this ethnography is how I, a semi-Caucasian, educated, father and husband changes (if at all) by becoming a person who sells my plasma for money. How will my self-perception change? What emotions and feelings do I encounter before/during/after I donate (sell) my plasma?
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I immediately left my apartment, drove west down Charleston Avenue, and turned right onto the Las Vegas strip. I passed places with signs that read "All Nude! All The Time!", and "King-size beds, adult movies, and hourly rates!", just what a growing boy needs. I passed casino, and casino, and casino. Money. Glamour. Excitement. Laughter. Sex. I passed them all. Two blocks and a world away I found Stoker Plasma1 . It was a filthy white building with the windows painted black, so that passersby would not see the scores of bodies lined up on tables with bloody tubes sticking out of their arms. I parked my car about fifty yards from the front door. There were many closer spots, but for some reason I did not feel comfortable parking too close to the front door. I think was trying to keep some distance between the clinic and some part of me. I walked through the litter strewn parking lot towards the front door that was about twenty feet from an open trash dumpster. I found that my heart was beating quickly, my mouth was dry, and my hands were slightly shaking. I was afraid. I don’t know what it was that scared me, but I think it was the reality that for the next few hours I would be nothing more than a factory that produces plasma. I tried to think about the kind plasma-woman on the phone earlier that day as I opened the door and fell into Hell.
The Total Pragma Experience Tour når Bokcaféen
Hvis du har lyst til å drikke øl og høre på meg samtale med Christiane Larsen om Pragma kan du komme på Bokcaféen i Chateau Neuf i morgen (torsdag 4. november) klokka 19.