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

Other author Gudeman, Stephen F.
Other author Hann, C. M., 1953-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Descriptionvi, 204 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Economic anthropology--Europe, Eastern. --Case studies.
Economic anthropology--Former Soviet republics. --Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies--Economic aspects. --Europe, Eastern. --Case studies.
Rites and ceremonies--Economic aspects. --Former Soviet republics. --Case studies.
Post-communism--Social aspects. --Europe, Eastern. --Case studies.
Post-communism--Social aspects. --Former Soviet republics. --Case studies.
Europe, Eastern--Social life and customs. --Case studies.
Former Soviet republics--Social life and customs. --Case studies.

SeriesMax Planck studies in anthropology and economy ; volume 1
Contents Introduction : ritual, economy and the institutions of the base / Stephen Gudeman and Chris Hann -- Economy as ritual : the problems of paying in wine / Jennifer Cash -- Animals in the Kyrgyz ritual economy : symbolic and moral dimensions of economic embedding / Nathan Light -- From pig-sticking to festival : changes in pig-sticking practices in the Hungarian countryside / Bea Vidacs -- Kurban : shifting economy and the transformations of a ritual / Detelina Tocheva -- The trader's wedding : ritual inflation and money gifts in Transylvania / Monica Vasile -- "We don't have work, we just grow a little tobacco" : household economy and ritual effervescence in a Macedonian town / Miladina Monova.
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LCCN 2014033538
ISBN9781782385691 (hardback)

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