Economy and Ritual : : Studies of Postsocialist Transformations /

Economy and Ritual : : Studies of Postsocialist Transformations / / ed. by Chris Hann, Stephen Gudeman.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Cash, Jennifer,
Gudeman, Stephen,
Hann, Chris,
Light, Nathan,
Monova, Miladina,
Tocheva, Detelina,
Vasile, Monica,
Vidacs, Bea,
HerausgeberIn:
Gudeman, Stephen,
Hann, Chris,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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