Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca
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Book Overview
In the villages and small towns of Oaxaca, Mexico, as in much of rural Latin America, cooperation among neighbors is essential for personal and community survival. It can take many forms, from godparenting to sponsoring fiestas, holding civic offices, or exchanging agricultural or other kinds of labor. This book examines the ways in which the people of Santa Ana del Valle practice these traditional cooperative and reciprocal relationships and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292712219
ISBN13:9780292712218
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Good reading!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is an enjoyable and interesting ethnographic study of a small Mexican village. The author sheds light on the power structure of the village...the impact of the global economy on their weaving industry...and the important role that temporary migration of the men to the U.S., in order to send back cash, plays in village life. All this in easy-to-follow prose with neat examples. The pictures are great too!
Life in rural Mexico
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a nicely written ethnography that should find a useful place in anthropology classes
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