1971
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.1971.tb00103.x
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“Culture of Poverty” Und Soziale Wirklichkeit: Nachruf Auf Eine Theorie

Abstract: Summary ‘CULTURE OF POVERTY’ AND SOCIAL REALITY: FAREWELL TO A THEORY Some of the most important contributions to recent sociological research on poverty have been made by Oscar Lewis who has proposed a theory of the existence of a transculturally homogeneous culture of poverty. The prime postulate of this theory is the structural uniformity of this sub‐culture, while differences in environment, national context and regional ties are only secondary. If Lewis's theory is considered in terms of aspects of recent… Show more

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“…Lewis has won considerably wider fame than the majority of the above-mentioned authors due, in part, to the consummate artistry with which he has painted detailed pictures of his "cases". Theoretically and methodologically he has laid himself open to serious criticism, however (Current Anthropology, 1967;Valentine, 1968;Albrecht, 1970;Medina, 1969;Casasco, 1969;Goetze, 1971).…”
Section: Male and Female And Tiie Afro-curaçaoan Householdmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lewis has won considerably wider fame than the majority of the above-mentioned authors due, in part, to the consummate artistry with which he has painted detailed pictures of his "cases". Theoretically and methodologically he has laid himself open to serious criticism, however (Current Anthropology, 1967;Valentine, 1968;Albrecht, 1970;Medina, 1969;Casasco, 1969;Goetze, 1971).…”
Section: Male and Female And Tiie Afro-curaçaoan Householdmentioning
confidence: 99%