Cooperation and Community: Economy and Society in Oaxaca

by Jeffrey H. Cohen

In the villages and small towns of Oaxaca, Mexico, as in much of rural Latin America, cooperation among neighbors is essential for personal and community survival. It can take many forms, from godparenting to sponsoring fiestas, holding civic offices, or exchanging agricultural or other kinds of labor. This book examines the ways in which the people of Santa Ana del Valle practice these traditional cooperative and reciprocal relationships and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292712219
• ISBN13: 9780292712218
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good reading!

This is an enjoyable and interesting ethnographic study of a small Mexican village. The author sheds light on the power structure of the village...the impact of the global economy on their weaving industry...and the important role that temporary migration of the men to the U.S., in order to send back cash, plays in village life. All this in easy-to-follow prose with neat examples. The pictures are great too!

Life in rural Mexico

This is a nicely written ethnography that should find a useful place in anthropology classes