Economy and Ritual: Studies in Postsocialist Transformations: 1 (Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy, 1)

by Chris Hann (Editor), StephenGudeman (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2015

  $147.10

  Common sense suggests that rituals drain economic wealth & that rational actions are antithetical to rituals. These 6 studies offer a different vision. Comparative, historical, & contemporary, the studies stretch from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan, each one illuminating the changes in an area as it emerged from socialism & (re-)entered market society.