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Viviana A. Zelizer: Sociologist of the family and intimacy

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie
AbstractThis 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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Faking it or making it: the politics of consumption and the precariousness of social mobility in South Africa

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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Who is in charge of family finances in the Russian two-earner households? [PDF]

, 2017
Using a recent representative survey and supplemental interviews, we investigate household money management and domestic power dynamics in contemporary Russian two-partner families.
Guseva, Alya, Ibragimova, Dilyara
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Moral Money – The action guiding Impact of Complementary Currencies [PDF]

, 2012
This paper investigates a special form of a community currency, the German Regiogeld System, which is a private monetary system with a regional validity and a non-profit-agenda.
Thiel, Christian
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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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Dualidades perigosas

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 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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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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