Reconceptualizing the peasantry: anthropology in global perspective

"Reconceptualizing the Peasantry looks at rural society in general and considers the problematic distinction between rural and urban. Most definitions of and debates about peasants have focused on their presumed social, economic, cultural, and political characteristics, but Kearney articulates...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kearney, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. [u.a.] Westview Press 1996
Series:Critical essays in anthropology
Subjects:
Summary:"Reconceptualizing the Peasantry looks at rural society in general and considers the problematic distinction between rural and urban. Most definitions of and debates about peasants have focused on their presumed social, economic, cultural, and political characteristics, but Kearney articulates the way in which peasants define themselves in a rapidly changing world. In the process, he develops ethnographic and political forms of representation that correspond to contemporary postpeasant identities. Moving beyond a reconsideration of peasantry, the book situates anthropology in global context, showing how the discipline reconstructs itself and its subjects according to changing circumstances."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XIV, 210 S. Ill.
ISBN:0813309875
0813309883

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection!