Economy and Ritual : Studies of Postsocialist Transformations /

According to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies ex...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cash, Jennifer (Contribuidor), Gudeman, Stephen (Contribuidor, Editor ), Hann, Chris (Contribuidor, Editor ), Light, Nathan (Contribuidor), Monova, Miladina (Contribuidor), Tocheva, Detelina (Contribuidor), Vasile, Monica (Contribuidor), Vidacs, Bea (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Colección:Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy ; 1
Temas:
Economic anthropology > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Economic anthropology > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
Economics > Former communist countries.
Manners and customs.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Post-communism > Social aspects > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies > Economic aspects > Europe, Eastern > Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies > Economic aspects > Former Soviet republics > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of Field Sites for Economy and Ritual Group
  • Introduction:Ritual, Economy, and the Institutions of the Base
  • 1 Economy as Ritual: The Problems of Paying in Wine
  • 2 Animals in the Kyrgyz Ritual Economy: Symbolic and Moral Dimensions of Economic Embedding
  • 3 From Pig-Sticking to Festival Changes in Pig-Sticking Practices in the Hungarian Countryside
  • 4 Kurban: Shifting Economy and the Transformations of a Ritual
  • 5 The Trader's Wedding: Ritual Inflation and Money Gifts in Transylvania
  • 6 "We don't have work. We just grow a little tobacco." Household Economy and Ritual Effervescence in a Macedonian Town
  • Appendix: The "Economy and Ritual" Project and the Field Questionnaire
  • Contributors
  • Index

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