{"product_id":"a-sentimental-economy-commodity-and-community-in-rural-ireland-9781571818874","title":"A Sentimental Economy: Commodity and Community in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tOn the fringe of western Europe, yet fully integrated into the capitalist market, the rural economy of the west of Ireland seems to provide a fascinating object of analysis to the student of European folk cultures. This book concentrates on a particular aspect of that rural economy: the social organization and cultural construction of work in a community of family farms. The concept of work, which is primarily farm work, is taken here as a very elementary set of ideas, images and experiences that enable us to penetrate in the different cultural spheres that intersect life on an Irish family farm. Work, the author concludes, is to this farming community what the Kula ring is to the Trobriand islanders - a kind of Maussian \"total social fact\" the analysis of which incorporates a comprehensive description of a particular social system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a valuable volume. Well researched and solidly argued ... Author and material are intriguinglymatched.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... an important contribution toward an understanding of rural Irish culture and society.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Reviewers Bookwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlan Macfarlane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eMemories from the West\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eLanguages and Practices\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eAn Enquiry into the Economy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eTamed Commodities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Moral Boundaries of Farm Work\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eWorkers and Machines\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Community Through Monetary Exchanges\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eTönnies in the West of Ireland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Intricacies of the Gift\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eFamily and Gender\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eMaximising Kinship Relations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Social Life of Space\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eIndividualism, Morality, and Sentiment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14. \u003c\/strong\u003eWork As Metaphor: The Abrogation of the Economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tImages and Imagination – A Photographic Appendix\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041433911639,"sku":"9781571818874","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571818874.jpg?v=1750950262","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-sentimental-economy-commodity-and-community-in-rural-ireland-9781571818874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}