@akosibluethree Agree. During my fieldwork, there was an aesthetic of suffering and perseverance in people's narratives of upward mobility - but mobility was only possible because of resources and connections: https://t.co/8tlc7Pu9Bd
Great thread
There are resonances w post-1945 social mobility in Iloilo, Philippines, the topic of my current book project. Many of those I worked w hv family stories that emphasise earlier generations' poverty & suffering, and wc minimise the imp of capitals (see
RT @fstflofscholars: #kinshipEconomy #oikos thanks @RCruzAnth for your work!