Title: Reconceptualizing the peasantry : anthropology in global perspective /
Authors: Kearney, Michael, 1937-
Publisher: Westview Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Ethnology Philosophy; Ethnology History; Peasants
Abstract: "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."--Jacket.