Economy and ritual studies of postsocialist transformations

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

Other author/creator	Gudeman, Stephen F.
Other author/creator	Hann, C. M., 1953-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
Description	vi, 204 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	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.

Series	Max 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014033538
ISBN	9781782385691 (hardback)

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