Susan Lobo

A House of My Own: Social Organization in the Squatter Settlements of Lima, Peru

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A fairly comprehensive monograph, highly suitable for classroom use, that offers a wide range of information fit into traditional anthropological categories. . . . an interesting study of cultural integrity and pattern in a setting of what appears to be complex sociopolitical chaos." --American Anthropologist "Whether or not one accepts Susan Lobo's optimistic analysis, her ability to translate the apparent chaos of shanty-town lives into such neat patterns and to help outsiders view life as the inhabitants do are important contributions." --Inter-American Review of Bibliography "An extremely competent ethnography, simple and straightforward." --Anthropos "A pleasure to read, a mine of information which will be useful in teaching students to formulate their own hypotheses." --International Journal of Urban & Regional Research "Very well written and provides a great wealth of the liveliest sort of ethnographic detail." --Latin American Research Review "Lobo's study of two squatter settlements in Lima provides a solid, well-written, detailed, traditional ethnography of poor families in a Third World urban setting." --Hispanic American Historical Review "This well-written account . . . has a lot of heart and feeling for the human face of the urban poor." --International Migration Review

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arizona State Museum
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: November 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9780816507610
• ISBN-10: 0816507619
• Artikelnr.: 21228952

Autorenporträt

Susan Lobo is a cultural anthropologist who has worked as a consultant for American Indian tribes and community organizations throughout the Americas.