Anthropological Perspectives on Rural Mexico

ISBN-13: 9781138743755 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 236 str.

Cynthia Hewitt De Alcantara

Opis

In this title, first published in 1984, the author examines the social and political forces surrounding the practice of anthropology at different periods in the history of Mexico since 1917. This book provides the basis for a systematic analysis of peasant studies in Mexico.

Spis treści

Preface;  Introduction;  1. Particularism, Marxism and Functionalist in Mexican Anthropology, 1920-50  2. A Dialogue on Ethnic Conflict: Indigenismo and Functionalism, 1950-70  3. Cultural Ecology, Marxism and the Development of a Theory of the Peasantry, 1950-70  4. Anthropology and the Dependency Paradigm in Mexico, 1960-75  5. Historical Structuralism and the Fate of the Peasantry, 1970-80  6. Conclusions;  Notes;  Index

O autorze

Cynthia Hewitt de Alcántara