Livelihood and Resistance: Peasants and the Politics of Land in Peru

by Gavin Smith

Overview

Livelihood and Resistance examines a Peruvian highland community where rural resistance has been endemic for over a century. Gavin Smith explores the way in which the villagers' daily economic interests and their political struggles contribute to their social and political identity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520912021
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/01/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	293
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Gavin Smith is Professor of Anthropology at University College, University of Toronto. He has published widely in leading anthropological and social science journals in the United States and Canada and has earned an international reputation with his writings on peasants.

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
	Introduction: The World of the Huasicanchinos	1
1	Forms of Struggle	11
	Livelihood and Resistance	11
	Cross-Disciplinary Studies of the Peasantry	18
2	Domination and Disguise: Transformations in Community Institutions	29
	Community Institutions in Huasicancha 1960-1972	31
	Hacienda Use of Community Institutions	36
	"La Nacion Huanca"	38
	"El Imperio Inca"	44
	The Emergence of the Highland Hacienda System	48
	From estancia to hacienda; from cancha to "Pueblo de los Indios"	50
	Growing Lines of Distinction	52
	The Early Years of the Republic	56
	Conclusion	57
3	The Growth of a Culture of Opposition 1850-1947	59
	From Mobilization to Rebellion 1850-1899	61
	The Pre-War Situation	61
	The War and Its Aftermath	67
	The Response to Hacienda Expansion 1900-1947	77
	The Social Relations of Hacienda Production 1900-1920	77
	The Social Relations of Petty Production 1900-1947	84
	1900 to 1920	85
	1920 to 1947	90
4	Making a Living	96
	The Institutionalization of Migration	96
	Early Days	96
	The Receiving Areas from 1948 to 1960	99
	The Sending Community from 1948 to 1960	100
	The "Canchas"	102
	The "Huasis"	103
	The Variety of Enterprises Today: the Locations	104
	Huancayo	104
	Lima	105
	Huasicancha	108
5	Ghostly Figures Outside the Domain of Political Economy	112
	Victor and Juana Hinostrosa's Domestic Enterprise	117
	Mauro and Guillermina Hinostrosa's Domestic Enterprise	121
	Grimaldo and Angelina Pomayay's Domestic Enterprise	127
	Eulogio and Eufresenia Ramos's Domestic Enterprise	132
	Urbano and Paulina Llacua's Domestic Enterprise	144
6	Commodification and Culture	155
	The Implications of Commodification and Formal Subsumption	160
	Limitations to the Commodification of Production Relations	163
	Conclusion	167
7	The Land Recuperation Campaign, 1930 to the Present	169
	Initiatives Early in the Century	171
	La Falda Invasion	174
	The National Context	174
	The Local Situation	176
	La Pampa Invasion	181
	The National Context and the Changing Local Resource Base	183
	The Local Situation	184
	La Puna Invasion	194
	The Reawakening of the Campaign	196
	The Realignment of Forces, Within and Without	198
	Political Perspectives Arising from the Heterogeneity of Enterprises	205
	The Momentum of Discourse and Increased Participation	207
	Strategy and Tactics	211
	"La Reivindicacion de Nuestras Tierras"	214
	Conclusion	215
8	Class Consciousness and Culture	218
	The Facets of Experience	222
	The Role of Structure, Political Engagement and Discourse: an Example	229
	Local Knowledge	234
	Notes	237
	Glossary	257
	Bibliography	261
	Index	273