Reinventing practice in a disenchanted world
Subtitle: Bourdieu and urban poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico
By: Cheleen Ann-Catherine Mahar.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721920
Subjects: Bourdieu, Pierre, -- 1930-2002; Urban poor -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State) -- Case studies; Sociology -- Methodology; Oaxaca (Mexico : State) -- Social conditions -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Colonia life in Oaxaca; title: Creating the object of study; title: Consuelo's story; title: Place and identity; title: Work, money, and dreams: transforming capital; title: Social capital as a strategic choice; title: The disenchanted world and the question of success.