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The comment considers the article by Durrenberger and Doukas as part of a broader field of research focused on class relationships. It points to identify key theoretical and epistemological topics emerging from recent theoretical discussions, retrieving some Latin American labor anthropology and labor history insights.
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Soul, J. “The working class history: chronicle of a failed farewell—a comment on Durrenberger and Doukas’ Class in the USA”. Dialect Anthropol 42, 67–70 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-017-9482-5
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