Continuing the theme of self-reflection, Bourdieu's final book, "The Bachelors' Ball", sees him return to Bearn, the village where he grew up, to examine the gender dynamics of rural France. This personal connection adds poignancy to Bourdieu's ethnographic account of the way the influence of urban values has precipitated a crisis for male peasants. Tied to the land through inheritance, these bachelors find themselves with little to offer the women of Bearn who, like the young Bourdieu himself, abandon the country for the city in droves.
- ISBN10 0226067505
- ISBN13 9780226067506
- Publish Date 1 May 2008 (first published 1 March 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 216
- Language English