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Lagging emulation in post-peasant society
American anthropologist • 66 (3) (1) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 569-586
By: Friedl, Ernestine.
Abstract
Influenced by the ideas of Thorstein Veblen and Charles Erasmus, this paper presents a lengthy discussion of the concept of 'lagging emulation' which Friedl believes may be of value for studying change in rural populations emerging from the status of peasantry. This concept involves the process by which '…social groups of lower prestige, upon the acquisition of new wealth or other forms of opportunity, imitate and often successfully acquire what they conceive to be the behavior of those with greater prestige; the emulation 'lags' in that the behavior imitated is that which reached its acme as a prestige symbol for the highter social group at an earlier period in its history, and is now obsolescent' (p. 569). How this concept is applied to contemporary Greek data, particularly in reference to the village of Vasilika, constitutes the major portion of this document.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1955-1956, 1959
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- village of Vasilika, Province of Boeotia, Greece
- Notes
- Ernestine Friedl
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-586)
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Greece