Thrift and its paradoxes: from domestic to political economy
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781800734623
Date de publication :
1 mars 2022
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Through a wide range of ethnographic contexts this book explores how practices and moralities of thrift are intertwined with austerity, debt, welfare, and patronage across various social and temporal scales and are constantly re-negotiated at the nexus of socio-economic, religious, and kinship ideals and praxis.