Mintz, Sidney W. (1922-2015)
Sidney Mintz (1922-2015), an American anthropologist, a disciple of Julian Steward and Ruth Benedict at Columbia University, belonged to the generation that made the transition from cultural anthropology to more power-sensitive approaches. He was one of the most influential anthropologists of the 20th century, thanks in particular to his studies on the Caribbean and other “Creole” contexts, combining field and archives. Among his many books, his monograph on the place of sugar in modern history, Sweetness and Power (1985), became a milestone in the anthropology of food, but also in the anthropology of globalization. An eminent professor and great pedagogue, his name remains associated with Johns Hopkins University.
Keywords: Social and cultural anthropology | Colonialism | 20th century | Caribbean | Haiti | Cuba | United States of America | Puerto Rico | Jamaica | Slavery | Food anthropology | Capitalism | Cultural syncretism/creolization | Globalization | Ruth Benedict | Julian Steward
Secondary sources
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“Obituary: Sidney Mintz, Father of Food Anthropology, Dies at 93”
Sam Roberts, 2015
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“The Sweet Life of Sidney Mintz”
Sarah Hill, 2016
Primary sources
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“The Culture History of a Puerto Rican Sugar Cane Plantation: 1876-1949”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1953
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“The Folk-Urban Continuum and the Rural Proletarian Community”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1953
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“Labor and Sugar in Puerto Rico and Jamaica, 1800-1850”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1959
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“Men, Women, and Trade”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1971
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« Une Culture à retrouver ou à créer ? »
Sidney W. Mintz, 1971
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« Cuba : terre et esclaves »
Sidney W. Mintz, 1972
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« Indiens de l’Inde aux Antilles »
Sidney W. Mintz, 1973
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“Sweet, Salt, and the Language of Love”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1991
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“Enduring Substances, Trying Theories: The Caribbean Region as Oikoumene”
Sidney W. Mintz, 1996
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“Sows’ Ears and Silver Linings: A Backward Look at Ethnography”
Sidney W. Mintz, 2000
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“Comida e antropologia, uma breve revisão”
Sidney W. Mintz, 2001
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“The Anthropology of Food and Eating”
Christine M. Du Bois & Sidney W. Mintz, 2002
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El origen de la cultura africano-americana. Una perspectiva antropológica
Sidney W. Mintz & Richard Price, 2012
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“Entrevista com Sidney Mintz”
Víctora Ceres Gomes & Sidney W. Mintz, 2012
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