شکارچیان، گردآورندگان و عمل‌کنندگان ناتوانی: قوم‌نگاری از فرودستان در لهستان پساسوسیالیستی (کتاب ۶ انسان‌شناسی اروپایی در ترجمه)

The socio-economic transformations of the 1990s have forced many people in Poland into impoverishment. __Hunters, Gatherers, and Practitioners of Powerlessness__ gives a dramatic account of life after this degradation, tracking the experiences of unemployed miners, scrap collectors, and poverty-stricken village residents. Contrary to the images of passivity, resignation, and helplessness that have become powerful tropes in Polish journalism and academic writing, Tomasz Rakowski traces the ways in which people actively reconfigure their lives. As it turns out, the initial sense of degradation and helplessness often gives way to images of resourcefulness that reveal unusual hunting-and-gathering skills. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: The Anthropologist as a Poverty Inspector Chapter 1 The Szydłowiec and Przysucha Environs— The Świętokrzyskie Foothills Chapter 2 Wałbrzych—Boguszów-Gorce Chapter 3 The Bełchatów Brown Coal Mine—The Shadowlands of the Exposed Mine Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index Practitioners of Powerlessness gives a dramatic account of life after the socio-economic transformations of the 1990s in Poland, which left many people impoverished and unemployed. This book gives a dramatic account of life after the socio-economic transformations of the 1990s in Poland, which left many people impoverished and unemployed.