Perspectives in U.S. Marxist Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9780367298159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 279 str.

David J. Hakken; Hanna Lessinger; June Nash

Opis

An assessment of current trends in Marxist anthropology, this collection of essays reflects both the unifying force of Marxist thought and the diversity of contemporary anthropology.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Rethinking Marxist Anthropology -- Studying Work: Anthropological and Marxist Perspectives -- Sumer and the Indus Valley Civilization Compared: towards an Historical Understanding of the Evolution of Early States -- Nineteenth-Century Mormonism as a Partial “Asiatic” Social Formation -- Ethnic Identity and Non-Capitalist Relations of Production in Chimborazo, Ecuador1 -- The Waiting Proletariat: A New Industrial Labor Force in Rural Maquilas -- Marketers as Producers: The Labor Process and Proletarianization of Peruvian Marketwomen -- Gangs, Grassroots Politics, and the Crisis of Dependent Capitalism in Jamaica -- Management by Participation: the Division of Labour, Ideology and Contradiction in U.S. Firm -- Corporate Hegemony and Industrial Restructuring in a New England Industrial City

O autorze

David Hakken is chair of the Council for Marxist Anthropology and associate professor of anthropology, SUNY-College of Technology. Hanna Lessinger is a member of the Council for Marxist Anthropology and research associate at the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University.