Social Character in a Mexican Village: A Sociopsychoanalytic Study
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- 1. The Social Character of the Peasant and Problems of Methodology -- The Peasant -- The Dynamic Concept of Character -- The Social Character -- The Method -- 2. A Mexican Peasant Village -- The Past and the Present -- The Hacienda -- The Inner Life of the Villagers -- 3. A Socioeconomic and Cultural Picture of the Village -- Age, Place of Birth, and Family Groupings -- Literacy and Schooling -- Medical Care -- Occupation -- Land Tenure -- Housing -- Other Capital Possessions -- Consumer Goods -- The Socioeconomic Scale -- Class and Participation in Village Affairs -- Participation in Religious and Cultural Activities -- 4. The Theory of Character Orientations -- Types of Character: The Nonproductive Orientations -- The Productive Orientation -- Orientations in the Process of Socialization -- Incestuous Ties -- Blends of Various Orientations -- Sociopolitical Orientations -- 5. The Character of the Villagers -- Variables of Scoring Character -- The Distribution of Character Traits -- The Factor Analysis -- The Meaning of Factor Scores and Factor Loadings -- The Six Factors -- Factor I-Adulthood vs. Adolescence -- Factor II-Productiveness vs. Unproductiveness -- Factor III-Exploitativeness vs. Non-exploitativeness -- Factor IV-Hoarding vs. Receptive Modes of Assimilation -- Factor V-Sex Role (Masculinity vs. Feminity) -- Factor VI-Mother-Centered vs. Father-Centered Orientations -- Conclusion: Social Character -- 6. Character, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Variables -- Character and the Mode of Production -- The Nonejidatario -- Class and Character -- The Character of Women and Socioeconomic Variables -- Character and Education -- Character and Religions and Cultural Activities -- Conclusion -- 7. Sex and Character -- Productive and Unproductive Men and Women -- The Relationship Between Men and Women.