| Titre | Les fonctions marchandes et leurs traces dans le paysage. | |
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| Auteur | Christian Zarka | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 78-80, 1980 Foires et marchés ruraux en France | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Foires et marchés ruraux en France |
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| Page | 247-255 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Market Functions and their Effects on the Landscape.
Three markets places differ with respect to their location, morphology and popularity. At Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, in the Indre, merchant activity has given birth to the medieval town; at Levroux (Indre) a weekly market of ancient origin is held on an eccentrically located open space. Lastly, at Les Hérolles, at the point where three regions in the Centre join, an important monthly fair takes place in a village which is almost lifeless for the rest of the time. The analysis of the spatial morphology of these three market centres reveals the political function which accompanies their economic and social functions. The market town of Saint-Benoît, centrally located and built up, is an expression of the political influence of a social group on the local power structure. That at Levroux takes the form of a peasant forum, located away from the town, which again reveals the contrast between two different worlds: rural and urban. In these two cases, as a cross-roads of information, the market centre transmits the ideology of the dominant group which uses it as a ready point.
At Les Hérolles, on the contrary, the marginal location of the village gives the market place a sort of political neutrality which facilitates the strictly economic transactions between several regions. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1980_num_78_1_2639 |
