Ruth Mandel

Markets and Moralities: Ethnographies of Postsocialism Ruth Mandel 1st edition

Marc Notes: Originally presented at workshops held at University College London.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "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"Biographical Note: Ruth Mandel is a Lecturer in Anthropology, at the University College London. Caroline Humphrey is a Professor of Asian Anthropology, at the University of CambridgeTable of Contents: ContentsAcknowledgementsNotes on Contributors1 The Market in Everyday Life: ethnographies of postsocialismCaroline Humphrey and Ruth Mandel Part One: Trading Cultures, Market Ambiguity, and Historical Transformation2 Women and the Culture of Entrepreneurship in Soviet and Post-Soviet AzerbaijanFarideh Heyat 3 The Shame and Pride of Market Activity: Morality, Identity and Trading inPostsocialist Rural BulgariaDeema Kaneff 4 Heritage and Enterprise Culture in Archangel, Northern RussiaJulian Watts 5 Dealing with Money: Zlotys, Dollars and Other Currencies in the PolishHighlandsFrances Pine Part Two: Consumption and Modernities6 Of Moths and Men: Cleanliness, Intimacy and Progress in RomaniaAdam Drazin 7 Re-constructing the 'Normal': Identity and the Consumption of Western Goods inEstoniaSigrid Rausing 8 Manufacturing the new Consumerism: Fast-Food Restaurants in PostsocialistHungaryAndr P. Czegldy Part Three: Rural and Institutional Transformations9 Coping with the Market in Rural UkraineLouise Perrotta 10 Mongolia in the 'Age of the Market': Pastoral Land-use and the DevelopmentDiscourseDavid Sneath 11 Broadening the Concept of Privatization: Gender and Development in RuralKazakhstanRosamund Shreeves IndexPublisher Marketing: Before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, private marketeering was regarded not only as criminal, but even immoral by socialist regimes. Ten years after taking on board western market-orientated shock therapy, post-socialist societies are still struggling to come to terms with the clash between these deeply engrained moralities and the daily pressures to sell and consume.

Contributor Bio:  Mandel, Ruth Poet and fabric artist Ruth Mandel is the daughter and granddaughter of a holocaust survivor. Contributor Bio:  Humphrey, Caroline Katherine Verdery is Eric R. Wolf Professor of Anthropology and Interim Chair, University of Michigan. Caroline Humphrey is Professor of Asian Anthropology, University of Cambridge.