Sons of the Sea Goddess: Economic Practice and Discursive Conflict in Brazil

by Antonius C.G.M. Robben

The author examines the relationship between economy and society in a fishing community in north-east Brazil. He proposes that closer ethnographic and theoretical attention be paid to the renegotiation of economic practices.

Genres: Anthropology

310 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

Antonius "Tony" Cornelis Gerardus Maria Robben is a Dutch cultural anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Utrecht University, in the Netherlands. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoniu...]