Ritual Revitalisation After Socialism


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Ritual Revitalisation After Socialism


Ritual Revitalisation After Socialism
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Author : László Fosztó
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2009

Ritual Revitalisation After Socialism written by László Fosztó and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.


Although postsocialist Romania ranks as one of the most religious countries in Europe, the role of religion in public life is relatively little understood. This book investigates a village in Transylvania populated by members of two minority groups, Hungarians and Roma. Religion and ritual provide important resources for individuals and communities seeking to assert themselves publicly. The need for public affirmation among minorities is acute, but the forms of ritual they adopt differ. Some groups are more receptive to the revival of communal rituals and "traditions", whereas for others revitalisation seems to be more effective when it is individually focused through conversion to Pentecostalism. The book demonstrates that, even within a small community, different segments may opt for divergent forms of religious and cultural revival. Whereas Calvinism relies on the affirmation of cultural values to mobilise the faithful, Pentecostalism advocates a new form of moral personhood which is particularly attractive to Roma.



Dying And Death In 18th 21st Century Europe


Dying And Death In 18th 21st Century Europe
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Author : Corina Rotar
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-17

Dying And Death In 18th 21st Century Europe written by Corina Rotar and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-17 with Family & Relationships categories.


This book features the second selection of the most representative papers presented at the international conference “Dying and Death in 18th–21st Century Europe” (ABDD), a traditional scientific event organized every year in Alba Iulia, Romania. The book invites the reader on a fascinating journey across the last three centuries of Europe, using the concept of death as a guide. The past and present realities of the complex phenomena of death and dying in Romania, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Serbia, Macedonia, Poland, USA, Germany, Sweden, Finland, and Italy are dealt with by authors from varying backgrounds, including historians, sociologists, psychologists, priests, humanists, anthropologists, and doctors. This is proof that death as a topic cannot be confined to one science; the deciphering of its meanings and of the shifts it effects requires a joint, interdisciplinary effort.



The Great Dispossession


The Great Dispossession
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Author : Ildikó Bellér-Hann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020

The Great Dispossession written by Ildikó Bellér-Hann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with China categories.




From The Mists Of Martyrdom


From The Mists Of Martyrdom
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Author : Ildikó Gyöngyvér Sárközi
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2018-09

From The Mists Of Martyrdom written by Ildikó Gyöngyvér Sárközi and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09 with History categories.


This book is the result of nearly three years of fieldwork among the Sibe, an ethnic minority long caught up in processes of Chinese imperial expansion and nation building. Split into two groups since the eighteenth century, 5000 kilometres separate Sibe in their Manchurian homeland from their co-ethnics in Xinjiang, northwest China. After 200 years, contacts were re-established in the 1950s. In this study, the author focuses on the (re)construction of ethnic awareness by ``local'' and ``official'' Sibe historians. Analysing how the cornerstone of Sibe history~-- the Great Western Resettlement~-- was turned into a myth, she demonstrates that writing their own history allowed the Sibe to reinterpret their shared past and identity. Combining analysis of primary sources and text-based data with ethnographic observations, this monograph offers a window on previously unknown dimensions of Chinese nation-building and makes an original contribution to historical anthropology.



Managing Firms And Families


Managing Firms And Families
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Author : Daria Tereshina
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2022-02

Managing Firms And Families written by Daria Tereshina and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02 with categories.


This book investigates the moral dimensions of petty capitalism in Russia. Drawing on an ethnographic enquiry into the small-scale, family-based private sector of the city of Smolensk, it examines the values, moral ideas and sentiments that are entangled in the everyday workings of small businesses. The book situates the realm of values within the broader dynamics of Russia's political economy and the global circuits of capital. The moral frameworks of entrepreneurs incorporate conflicting values, such that moralities associated with the Soviet order are intertwined with market orientations and neoliberal ideologies.



On Money And Mett


On Money And Mett
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Author : Laura Hornig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020

On Money And Mett written by Laura Hornig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Burma categories.


Based on eighteen months of research in the lowland Myanmar town of Pathein, this book investigates manifold economic activities on the ground. Particular attention is paid to the self-employed and their relationships with relatives, workers, and community members. The ethnography covers a range of topics, including business formation and succession, recruitment, child labour, ethnicity, indebtedness and charity. It is demonstrated that, amidst rapidly changing socio-economic conditions, values rooted in kinship morality and Buddhism remain significant and continue to shape people's economic reasoning and activities. These values und moral aspects stand in a dialectical relationship with changing economic realities.



Small Is Good


Small Is Good
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Author : Anne-Erita Berta
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2023-04

Small Is Good written by Anne-Erita Berta and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04 with categories.


In a neoliberal market economy, small, independent businesses represent an alternative to large corporate enterprises. Based on 12 months of fieldwork in Aarhus, DenmarkÆs second largest city, this book explores the lives and social values of small, independent business owners, most of them shopkeepers. Owners organize their firms according to a morality that deviates from capitalist norms by aspiring to create inalienable commodities within networks of meaningful economic exchange. Their success in doing so is explained through in-depth analysis of contemporary household organization.



Doing Gong Culture


Doing Gong Culture
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Author : Hoai Tran
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2022-12-28

Doing Gong Culture written by Hoai Tran and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-28 with categories.


This book shows how the efforts of various actors in 'doing Gong culture' contribute to preserving the intangible heritage of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Tran's research challenges the conventional perspective that views heritagization as a process of cultural appropriation in which local heritage practitioners become cultural 'proprietors', who in UNESCO's view differ from 'culture carriers'. He shows that local artists actively engage with other actors in the 'heritage community', thus contributing to the performance of a 'living' image of the 'Space of Gong Culture' on the heritage stage. In this intangible cultural heritage, practically, all actors are 'culture carriers'. "Drawing on long-term fieldwork and placing the focus on human interaction, Hoai Tran paints a very subtle and sophisticated picture of the 'heritage community' and its actors in Vietnam's central highlands. By investigating who is acting in and on the space of gong culture, with what motivations, interests, intents or desires, how they are doing so and how effectively, this book arrives at new ways of thinking about 'heritagization' in Vietnam." Gábor Vargyas, Research Center for the Humanities, Budapest



The Formation Of Peripheral Capital


The Formation Of Peripheral Capital
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Author : Ceren Deniz
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag
Release Date : 2023-04-01

The Formation Of Peripheral Capital written by Ceren Deniz and has been published by LIT Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-01 with Social Science categories.


This book engages critically with mainstream accounts of ‘Anatolian Tigers’ in contemporary Turkey. Based on her fieldwork in Çorum, Deniz explores the dynamics of medium-size businesses with a dual optic of political economy and moral economy. She demonstrates that the formation of the entrepreneurial stratum is a multifaceted process and zooms into a range of workplaces to show the entanglements of market and non-market dynamics in everyday life. This innovative work sheds original light on the role of kinship, religion and social values in shaping the everyday politics of labour. Ceren Deniz taught 'Economic Anthropology' at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2020-2021.



Plural World Interpretations


Plural World Interpretations
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Author : Anett C. Oelschlaegel
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2016

Plural World Interpretations written by Anett C. Oelschlaegel and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Ethnology categories.