The bachelors' ball : the crisis of peasant society in Béarn / Pierre Bourdieu ; translated by Richard Nice.

Author/creator Bourdieu, Pierre
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Descriptionvi, 205 pages : illustrations, plan ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Uniform titleBal des célibataires. English
Contents Bachelorhood and the peasant condition -- The system of matrimonial exchanges in traditional peasant society -- Internal contradictions and anomy -- The opposition between the bourg and the hameaux -- The peasant and his body -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical notes -- Changes in population, 1836-1954 -- Dialogue between a villager and a peasant -- Another dialogue between a villager and a bachelor -- The exemplary tale of a younger son from a modest family -- Excessive maternal authority and bachelorhood -- An attempt to generalize : bachelorhood in 16 rural cantons in Brittany.
General noteArticles previously published in 1962, 1972, and 1989.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [160]-163) and index.
LCCN 2007042593
ISBN9780226067490 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226067491 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226067506 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226067505 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ 800.4.F82 B68413 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold