Choice in Economic Contexts, Volume 25: Ethnographic and Theo Enquiries (Research in Economic Anthropology) (Research in Economic Anthropology)

309 Pages·2006·2.64 MB·English

by  Donald Wood

CHOICE IN ECONOMIC CONTEXTS:
ETHNOGRAPHIC AND
THEORETICAL ENQUIRIES
RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC
ANTHROPOLOGY
Series Editor: Donald C. Wood
Volume 20: Research in Economic Anthropology
Edited by B. L. Isaac
Volume 21: Social Dimensions in the Economic Process
Edited by N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
Volume 22: Anthropological Perspectives on Economic
Development and Integration
Edited by N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
Volume 23: Socioeconomic Aspects of Human Behavioral
Ecology
Edited by M. Alvard
Volume 24: Markets and Market Liberalization:
Ethnographic Reflections
Edited by N. Dannhaeuser & C. Werner
RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 25
CHOICE IN ECONOMIC
CONTEXTS:
ETHNOGRAPHIC AND
THEORETICAL
ENQUIRIES
EDITED BY
DONALD C. WOOD
Department of Social Medicine, Akita
University School of Medicine, Japan
Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford
Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
INTRODUCTION
Donald C. Wood 1
PART I: MIGRATION AND LABOR
MIGRATION IN TIMES OF GLOBALIZATION:
THE CENTRAL VALLEYS OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Martha W. Rees 27
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN
A MEATPACKING FACTORY IN RURAL
SOUTHERN TAIWAN
Winston Tseng 51
TOHIREAN‘‘ALBANIAN’’:HOUSEHOLDECONOMY
AND IMMIGRATION IN RURAL GREECE
Christopher M. Lawrence 75
PART II: MARKETS AND MARKETING
‘‘THIS IS DIFFERENT, THIS IS THE PLAZA’’: SPACE,
GENDER, AND TACTICS IN THE WORK OF
MOROCCAN TOURIST SECTOR HENNA ARTISANS
Patricia L. Kelly Spurles 99
v
vi CONTENTS
ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY OF BANGKOK
GO-GO BARS: RISK AND OPPORTUNITY IN A
BAZAAR-TYPE MARKET FOR INTERPERSONALLY
EMBEDDED SERVICES
Jumpei Ichinosawa 125
TRANSNATIONAL CONSUMER GOODS
CORPORATIONS IN EGYPT: REACHING TOWARDS
THE MASS MARKET
Michaela Kehrer 151
CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF DEATH IN A
COMMERCIALCONTEXT:THEFUNERALBUSINESS
IN PRESENT-DAY JAPAN
Daisuke Tanaka 173
PART III: LOCAL RESPONSES TO MARKET SHIFTS AND
EXPANSION IN LATIN AMERICA
THE EFFECT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT ON FICTIVE KIN CHOICE
PATTERNS IN RURAL PARAGUAY
Christina Turner 201
WAYU´ U CRAFTS: A DILEMMA OF CULTURE AND
DEVELOPMENT
Andre´s Marroquı´n Gramajo 217
PART IV: KARL POLANYI AND THE CRITIQUE OF
FORMALISM IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
KARL POLANYI ON THE LIMITATIONS OF
FORMALISM IN ECONOMICS
James Ronald Stanfield, Michael C. Carroll and 241
Mary V. Wrenn
Contents vii
CHOICE AND THE SUBSTANTIVIST/FORMALIST
DEBATE: A FORMAL PRESENTATION OF THREE
SUBSTANTIVIST CRITICISMS
Justin A. Elardo and Al Campbell 267
THE END OF POTLATCH: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL
APPROACH TO NOSTROMO
Tama´s Juha´sz 285
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Al Campbell Department of Economics,
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Michael C. Carroll Center for Regional Development,
Bowling Green State University,
OH, USA
Justin A. Elardo Department of Economics,
Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, USA
Andre´s Marroquı´n Department of Economics, George
Gramajo Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Jumpei Ichinosawa Department of Cultural Anthropology,
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Tama´s Juha´sz Department of English, Ka´roli Ga´spa´r
University, Budapest, Hungary
Michaela Kehrer Institute for Social Anthropology,
Free University,
Berlin, Germany
Patricia L. Kelly Spurles Department of Anthropology,
Mount Allison University,
Sackville, NB, Canada
Christopher M. Department of Sociology,
Lawrence Anthropology and Social Work,
College of Staten Island,
City University of New York, USA
Martha Woodson Rees Department of Anthropology,
University of Cincinnati,
OH, USA
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