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Blood and Oranges Christopher Lawrence

Blood and Oranges By Christopher Lawrence

Blood and Oranges by Christopher Lawrence


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Summary

Presenting an account of the intersection of globalization and neo-racism in a rural Greek community, this book describes the contradictory political and economic development of the Greek countryside since its incorporation into the European Union. It addresses key issues of racism, neoliberalism and nationalism in contemporary anthropology.

Blood and Oranges Summary

Blood and Oranges: Immigrant Labor and European Markets in Rural Greece by Christopher Lawrence

A compelling account of the intersection of globalization and neo-racism in a rural Greek community, this book describes the contradictory political and economic development of the Greek countryside since its incorporation into the European Union, where increased prosperity and social liberalization have been accompanied by the creation of a vulnerable and marginalized class of immigrant laborers. The author analyzes the paradoxical resurgence of ethnic nationalism and neo-racism that has grown in the wake of European unification and addresses key issues of racism, neoliberalism and nationalism in contemporary anthropology.

Blood and Oranges Reviews

This is a book well worth reading... [it] offers a comprehensive background to the studied society and the complex social relationships at all levels that dominate this rural Greek microcosm. This is an excellent book, of interest to those studying globalization and the integration of markets but also those interested on contemporary Greek society and its entanglements. * Labour History Review

Lawrence's ethnography is a valuable and intriguing contribution not only to the ethnography of Greece but to the anthropology of globalization and politics. The detailed and multi level analysis of social, political and economic transformations is both critical and well placed...[It] reminds anthropology of the necessity of a critical, detailed and encompassing political analysis of the interactions and articulations between the contradictory processes, discourses and practices between people and socio-economic systems, between people and the formations and transformations of power. * Durham Anthropology Journal

Each chapter of Blood and Oranges is densely packed with argumentation that weaves together existing literature with the political economic facts on the ground. The treatment is a learned one, rich and erudite in its treatment of the circumstances in Argolida, and always embedding those circumstances within a broader set of forces and connections. * American Ethnologist

About Christopher Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence spent 13 months living and working in a group of three Greek villages while carrying out the research for this book. He currently lives in New York City and teaches at The City University of New York and the New York City Department of Education.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Preface

Introduction: The Transformation of Rural Greece

Chapter 1. A Brief History of Conflict and Accommodation in Argolida
Chapter 2. Agricultural Production and Household Economies
Chapter 3. Immigrant Labor in the Villages
Chapter 4. The Social Transformation of the Countryside
Chapter 5. The State, Citizenship, and Identity in Argolida
Chapter 6. The Politics of Resistance
Chapter 7. Nationalism in a Globalizing Economy

Bibliography
Index

Additional information

GOR012818984
9781845453077
1845453077
Blood and Oranges: Immigrant Labor and European Markets in Rural Greece by Christopher Lawrence
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Berghahn Books
20070801
214
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