Oscar Lewis American Anthropologist
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| First Name |
Oscar
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| Last Name |
Lewis
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| Birthday |
25th December, 1914
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| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, USA
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| Died |
16th December, 1970
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Anthropologist
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Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (December 25, 1914 – December 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national boundaries. Lewis contended that the cultural similarities occurred because they were "common adaptations to common problems" and that "the culture of poverty is both an adaptation and a reaction of the poor classes to their marginal position in a class-stratified, highly individualistic, capitalistic society." He won the 1967 U.S. National Book Award in Science, Philosophy and Religion for La vida: a Puerto Rican family in the culture of poverty--San Juan and New York.
