Economy and ritual : studies of postsocialist transformations / / edited by Stephen Gudeman and Chris Hann

• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Economic anthropology - Europe, Eastern; Economic anthropology - Former Soviet republics; Rites and ceremonies - Economic aspects - Europe, Eastern; Rites and ceremonies - Economic aspects - Former Soviet republics; Post-communism - Social aspects - Europe, Eastern; Post-communism - Social aspects - Former Soviet republics
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Social life and customs Case studies; Former Soviet republics Social life and customs Case studies
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): GudemanStephen; HannC. M. <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ritual, Economy, and the Institutions of the Base; Chapter 1 - Economy as Ritual: The Problems of Paying in Wine; Chapter 2 - Animals in the Kyrgyz Ritual Economy: Symbolic and Moral Dimensions of Economic Embedding; Chapter 3 - From Pig-Sticking to Festival: Changes in Pig-Sticking Practices in the Hungarian Countryside; Chapter 4 - Kurban: Shifting Economy and the Transformations of a Ritual; Chapter 5 - The Trader's Wedding: Ritual Inflation and Money Gifts in Transylvania ; Chapter 6 - ""We don't have work. We just grow a little tobacco."": Household Economy and Ritual Effervescence in a Macedonian TownAppendix: The ""Economy and Ritual"" Project and the Field Questionnaire; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re-)entered market society. Cutting against the idea that economy only means markets and that market action exhausts the meaning of economy, the studies show that muc
• Titolo autorizzato: Economy and ritual
• ISBN: 1-78533-519-7; 1-78238-570-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463726803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy