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Author:   Caroline Humphrey ,  Ruth Mandel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781859735770

ISBN 10:   1859735770
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 June 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 The Market in Everyday Life: Ethnographies of Postsocialism Part I Trading Cultures, Market Ambiguity, and Historical Transformation 2 Women and the Culture of Entrepreneurship in Soviet and Post-Soviet Azerbaijan 3 The Shame and Pride of Market Activity: Morality, Identity and Trading in Postsocialist Rural Bulgaria 4 Heritage and Enterprise Culture in Archangel, Northern Russia 5 Dealing with Money: Zotys, Dollars and Other Currencies in the Polish Highlands Part II Consumption and Modernities 6 Chasing Moths: Cleanliness, Intimacy and Progress in Romania, 7 Re-constructing the ‘Normal’: Identity and the Consumption of Western Goods in Estonia 8 Manufacturing the New Consumerism: Fast-Food Restaurants in Postsocialist Hungary Part III Rural and Institutional Transformations 9 Coping with the Market in Rural Ukraine 10 Mongolia in the ‘Age of the Market’: Pastoral Land-use and the Development Discourse 11 Broadening the Concept of Privatization: Gender and Development in Rural Kazakhstan

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'This book provides an important contribution to post-socialist studies by locating 'the market' firmly in the socially constituted practices of post-socialist societies ... What we have is a series of 'tasters' of what are clearly individual, extensive and fascinating ethnographic studies.'Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies'The introductory chapter by the editors is exquisite... this is one of the first anthropological collections focused on the former Soviet bloc organized around a single issue; as such it signals the increasing sophistication and precision of the anthropology of the area.'Ethnos 'The papers are uniformly excellent and accessible, making the book a useful addition to any undergraduate or graduate syllabus about development and social change - whether in the former socialist world or elsewhere - as well as to specialists'The Journal of th Royal Anthropological Institute (Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005)

'This book provides an important contribution to post-socialist studies by locating 'the market' firmly in the socially constituted practices of post-socialist societies ... What we have is a series of 'tasters' of what are clearly individual, extensive and fascinating ethnographic studies.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 'The introductory chapter by the editors is exquisite... this is one of the first anthropological collections focused on the former Soviet bloc organized around a single issue; as such it signals the increasing sophistication and precision of the anthropology of the area.' Ethnos 'The papers are uniformly excellent and accessible, making the book a useful addition to any undergraduate or graduate syllabus about development and social change - whether in the former socialist world or elsewhere - as well as to specialists' The Journal of th Royal Anthropological Institute (Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005)

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Ruth Mandel Lecturer in Anthropology,University College London Caroline Humphrey Professor of Asian Anthropology, University of Cambridge

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