The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn - Pierre Bourdieu - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226067490 - March 1, 2008
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The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn

Pierre Bourdieu

The Bachelors' Ball: The Crisis of Peasant Society in Bearn

Sees the author return to Bearn, the village where he grew up, to examine the gender dynamics of rural France. This book is an account of the way the influence of urban values has precipitated a crisis for male peasants. Tied to the land through inheritance, these bachelors find themselves with little to offer the women of Bearn.


216 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing, 20 tables

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 1, 2008
ISBN13 9780226067490
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 216
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   430 g
Language English  

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