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Concepts for the study of regional culture
Author(s) -
LOMNITZADLER CLAUDIO
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1991.18.2.02a00010
Subject(s) - terminology , hegemony , sociology , ethnography , epistemology , marxist philosophy , key (lock) , section (typography) , social science , regional science , anthropology , political science , politics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , law , computer security , operating system
This article proposes a terminology and conceptual framework for studying culture in internally differentiated regional spaces. In the first section I discuss the insights and limitations of regional analysis, poststructuralist theory, and Marxist geography regarding the study of regional culture. I then develop the idea of regional culture as culture in power regions; I propose several concepts that specify key areas for the ethnographic description of regional culture and hegemony. The utility of this framework is illustrated with examples from two Mexican regions.