Penguin Modern Classics: A Death in the Sanchez Family
- 144 strony
- 6 godzin czytania
The book is about the story of the death of Aunt Guadalupe, what happened at her funeral, and the members of the Sanchez family that came as mourners.






The book is about the story of the death of Aunt Guadalupe, what happened at her funeral, and the members of the Sanchez family that came as mourners.
"One of the truly seminal works in modern cultural anthropology, Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men, women, and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities."
Anthropologist's tape-recorded documentary in which each of five members of a slum-dwelling Mexico City family tells about their lives.
A shocking document by an American anthropologist about the life of a poor Mexican family. The first modern report that later scientific and artistic prose has vainly tried to reach.
Une famille porto-ricaine dans une culture de pauvreté
fort in-8, broché, couverture illustrée, 816 pp. Edition originale française en service de presse. "San Juan et New York". Traduit de l'anglais par Jean Rosenthal. Très bon état.
Belletristik : USA/Mexiko/Mexiko-City ; Familie.
Después de "Antropología de la pobreza", "Los hijos de Sanchez" y "Pedro Martinez", que constituyen estudios ejemplares de la cultura de la pobreza en la ciudad y en el campo mexicanos, Lewis no ofrece en "La Vida" el libro más dramático y revelador que se haya escrito sobre la existencia de los desheredados en un país latinoamericano cuyas estructuras sociales, económicas y políticas han sido conformadas por singulares circunstancias históricas.