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Viviana A. Zelizer: Sociologist of the family and intimacy
Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologieAbstractThis article is an introduction to the themed section titled, “Viviana A. Zelizer: Sociologist of the Family and Intimacy.” It first reviews the major works of Viviana Zelizer and their significance for the social studies of families and intimacy, underscoring how she has accounted for the interplay between family and economy through a series ...
Lazarus, Jeanne, Pugliese, Maude
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HUMAN ROUTERS: How Syrian Refugee Brokers Build the Infrastructure of Displacement
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 517-540, November 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Syrian refugees resort to a rich ecosystem of brokers who not only facilitate border crossings but also move remittances, jobs, knowledge, wives, and more. How are refugees' circulations made possible, and by whom? Drawing on fieldwork with Syrian brokers in Turkey and the United Kingdom, I put forward the novel concepts of a Syrian ...
ANN‐CHRISTIN ZUNTZ
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 145-162, March 2023., 2023 Abstract This article critically explores the complex and contradictory meanings attached to conspicuous consumption in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg. It examines why un(der)employed young people, especially young Black men, view the trappings of wealth in their midst and dismiss them as ‘fake’.
Hannah J. Dawson
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Unexpected Links Between Baby Markets and Intergenerational Justice [PDF]
, 2014 Intergenerational justice does not require increased government regulation of reproductive technologies in the United States. Arguments tarring reproductive technologies as unnatural or immoral fail to withstand close scrutiny, and moreover ignore ...
Ertman, Martha M.
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Situating Zelizer: A Beginners’ Guide
Sociologica, 2019 This short text could work both as a long footnote that contextualizes the interview with Viviana Zelizer published in this issue, and as a very brief beginner’s guide to Zelizer’s economic sociology. The premise is that a good way of introducing Zelizer’
José Ossandón
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Mana, 2009 Pesquisadores da vida social tendem a dividir o mundo em esferas separadas - porém mutuamente "contaminantes" - de transações racionais de mercado e relações sociais pessoalizadas.
Viviana A. Zelizer
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The Historical Role of the European Shadow Banking System in the Development and Evolution of Our Monetary Institutions [PDF]
, 2013 When we hear about the 2008 Lehman Brothers crisis, immediately we relate it to the concept of "shadow banking system"; however, the credit intermediation involving lightly regulated entities and activities outside the traditional banking system are not ...
Lazcano, I. C.
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Dinheiro, poder e sexo Money, power, and sex
Cadernos Pagu, 2009 A crença generalizada de que o dinheiro corrompe a intimidade bloqueia nossa capacidade de descrever e explicar como dinheiro, poder, e sexo, de fato, interagem.
Viviana A. Zelizer
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Revue Interventions Économiques, 2006 Beyond the economic and business world, many specialists of the social sciences have taken the « cultural wave ». This wind of change however barely touched economic sociology.
Viviana A. Zelizer
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The german Regiogeld system and its handling in everyday life [PDF]
, 2011 This paper introduces a special form of a community currency, the German Regiogeld System. Firstly it describes what it is, its origin and current status.
Thiel, Christian
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