Not Ours Alone: Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico

Not Ours Alone: Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico
ISBN-10
0231507143
ISBN-13
9780231507141
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2005-10-05
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Elizabeth Emma Ferry

Description

Elizabeth Ferry explores how members of the Santa Fe Cooperative, a silver mine in Mexico, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization. She analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio (patrimony) in their understanding of work, tradition, and community. More specifically, she argues that patrimonio, a belief that certain resources are inalienable possessions of a local collective passed down to subsequent generations, has shaped and sustained the cooperative's sense of identity.

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