Culture, poverty, politics
Cultural sociologists, Oscar Lewis, Antonio Gramsci
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2360942 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald V Kurtz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA; University of Texas-San Antonio, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-345 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x14530577 |
| OpenAlex | W2150127243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper explores the methodological relevance of the culture concept for the study of poverty by cultural sociologists, Oscar Lewis, and Antonio Gramsci. Cultural sociologists currently dominate poverty studies in America and focus on the relationship of culture and poverty. Oscar Lewis's idea of the culture of poverty influenced poverty studies by anthropologists in the 1960s. In the early twentieth century Antonio Gramsci argued that culture could serve as a revolutionary force to subvert the domination of the proletariat by the capitalist bourgeoisie. After exploring the political presumptions of each view point I evaluate their ideas against data from a field study of a community action council in America's 1960s war on poverty
Basic needs · Bourgeoisie · Culture of poverty · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Proletariat · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci · Social and Cultural Dynamics
From the depths
The undeserving poor
The Queen's People
Culture and poverty
The other America
Tally's Corner
Toward a General Theory of Action
What People Want
Beyond Deservingness
Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
New Life for an Old Concept
The Repertoire of Infidelity among Low-Income Men
Culture in Action
Hegemony and Anthropology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |