{"product_id":"economy-and-ritual-studies-of-postsocialist-transformations-9781782385691","title":"Economy and Ritual: Studies of Postsocialist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAccording 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 much of what is critical for a people’s economic life takes place outside markets and hinges on ritual, understood as the negation of the everyday world of \u003cem\u003eeconomising\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The result of these six ethnographies is a compelling case for attention to the ritual aspects of the economy and the economic aspects of ritual. But this is a revelation that anthropologists are completely prepared to receive, given our basic commitment to holism and cultural integration. The chapters feature useful descriptions of ritual economics and economic rituals, as well as the invention of traditions and non-market forms of production and exchange.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Anthropology Review Database\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This volume links two fields of anthropological inquiry that were central to the development of the discipline, but have rarely been considered together in recent decades: the study of ritual and of economic systems and rationalities . . . It is a welcome and fresh contribution that has no direct equivalents currently in print.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Sonja Luehrmann\u003c\/strong\u003e, Simon Fraser University\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[This book] makes an innovative contribution to the way we think about economic anthropology—rituals, celebrations, feasts, and the partly constructive ways that they are indelibly tied to economic practices.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e · Russell Zanca\u003c\/strong\u003e, Northeastern Illinois University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ritual, Economy and the Institutions of the Base\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephen Gudeman and Chris Hann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eEconomy as Ritual: The Problems of Paying in Wine\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJennifer Cash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eAnimals in the Kyrgyz Ritual Economy: Symbolic and Moral Dimensions of Economic Embedding\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNathan Light \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Pig-Sticking to Festival: Changes in Pig-Sticking Practices in the Hungarian Countryside\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBea Vidacs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eKurban: Shifting Economy and the Transformations of a Ritual\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDetelina Tocheva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Trader’s Wedding: Ritual Inflation and Money Gifts in Transylvania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMonica Vasile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003e“We don’t have work. We just grow a little tobacco”: Household Economy and Ritual Effervescence in a Macedonian Town\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMiladina Monova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/strong\u003e The “Economy and Ritual” Project and the Field Questionnaire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042219295063,"sku":"9781782385691","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782385691.jpg?v=1750953495","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economy-and-ritual-studies-of-postsocialist-transformations-9781782385691","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}