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Author:

Mahar, Cheleen.

Title:

Reinventing practice in a disenchanted world : Bourdieu and urban poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico / Cheleen Ann-Catherine Mahar.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Urban poor--Oaxaca (State)--Oaxaca (State)--Case studies.
Oaxaca (Mexico : State)--Social conditions--Case studies.
Bourdieu, Pierre,--1930-2002,
Sociology--Methodology

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Colonia life in Oaxaca -- Creating the object of study -- Consuelo's story -- Place and identity -- Work, money, and dreams: transforming capital -- Social capital as a strategic choice -- The disenchanted world and the question of success.

ISBN:

0292721927 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780292721920 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456977461

LCCN:

2009041711

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)