The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family

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Synopsis
A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of poverty--a uniquely intimate investigation, as poignant today as when it was first published. It is the epic story of the Sánchez family, told entirely by its members--Jesus, the 50-year-old patriarch, and his four adult children--as their lives unfold in the Mexico City slum they call home. Weaving together their extraordinary personal narratives, Oscar Lewis creates a sympathetic but ultimately tragic portrait that is at once harrowing and humane, mystifying and moving. An invaluable document, full of verve and pathos, The Children of Sanchez reads like the best of fiction, with the added impact that it is all, undeniably, true.
Copyright:
1961

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780307744548
Related ISBNs:
9780307744531
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Copyrighted By:
Oscar Lewis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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I know this won't be popular but it's worth a mention for any diehard ethnography lovers. It's a 1961 500-page anthropological study of a poor father and his four adult children who live in the slums of Mexico city. Despite dysfunctional devotion and respect, the family is cruel and incapable of loving. The Culture is rampant with violence, machismo, oppression of women, alcoholism laziness, hunger, polygamy and abandonment. Sadly so many of these vices are prominent today in the United States. Ay, if we could just empower women to demand better ...