| Not Ours Alone: Patrimony, Value, and Collectivity in Contemporary Mexico Contributor(s): Ferry, Elizabeth Emma (Author), Nash, June (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0231132387 ISBN-13: 9780231132381 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Elizabeth Emma Ferry explores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's only remaining cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of rampant globalization and neoliberalism. Ferry analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of "patrimonio" (patrimony) in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality. More specifically, she argues that patrimonio, a belief that certain resources are inalienable possessions of a local collective passed down to subsequent generations, shapes and sustains the cooperative's sense of identity. In addition to descriptions of the miners' lives and views, Ferry examines patrimonio's influence on other aspects of Mexican life. Patrimonio, which both challenges and coexists with contemporary capitalist practices, draws close connections between collective identities, rights to resources, and social obligations throughout Mexican society. Ferry's ambitious, groundbreaking study opens up new ways of understanding modern Mexican history, the idea of property, value, and exchange in capitalist society, and current debates in Mexico over the ownership of resources, land, and historical artifacts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Exports & Imports |
| Dewey: 334.682 |
| LCCN: 2005045453 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.38" W x 9.02" (1.09 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
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| Publisher 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. |
