César Graña (1919, Peru – August 22, 1986, Spain) was an American sociologist and anthropologist of Peruvian origin.
Graña was born in Peru, a descendant of immigrants from Andalusia, and studied at the University of San Marcos in Lima.
[1] In 1942 he emigrated to the United States, where he studied at Brown, Duke, and the University of California (UC), from which he received his Ph.D. in 1957.
His 1964 book Bohemian versus Bourgeois (also known as Modernity and its Discontents) is still considered an important work.
[1] His essay collection Fact and Symbol was nominated for a National Book Award.