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Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology #60

Culture and Class in Anthropology and History: A Newfoundland Illustration

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In this book Gerald Sider rebuilds theories of class and class struggle, at the same time rethinking and making significant the concept of culture. Rooted in the history of the last two centuries of daily life in the maritime villages of Newfoundland and Labrador, the book develops an historical anthropology that interweaves ordinary moments, spectacular customs, and social confrontations, as well as exploring the role of folk culture in daily life, state politics, and labour domination. It also presents an original analysis of merchant capital, the often unexamined context of a great many anthropological studies, and a key factor in the integration of the hinterlands with regional and global economic systems.

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 1986

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February 6, 2026
Este libro se enmarca en la línea de libros como “Europa y la gente sin historia” de Eric Wolf y “Dulzura y Poder” de Sidney Mintz. Su objeto de estudio son las relaciones entre las transformaciones culturales las comunidades de pescadores en Terranova con la influencia el capital mercantil. Conecta la micro historia de una villa pesquera con procesos históricos más amplios de formación de capital a escala interregional. Renueva la noción de cultura, que para la época en que el libro se publicó (1980s) se había convertido un concepto tan amplio y estático que era incapaz de explicar lo que se proponía, a través de vincularlo con las bases materiales que movilizan la historia. Demostrando que la cultura emerge de arreglos sociales histórica y materialmente específicos, pero que al mismo tiempo, la cultura reúne diversas formas de estructuración social y es en esa tensión dialéctica donde reside la dinámica histórica de la cultura y su relativa autonomía.
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