UID:
almahu_9949546533602882
Format:
1 online resource (260 p.) :
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3 b&w images, 4 tables
ISBN:
9781978829657
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9783110993899
Content:
Money occupies a powerful place in our lives - it is a problem, a goal, and motivator, a measure of self-worth and national progress, and even an influence on how we relate to each other and to nature - but what happens when communities start to reinvent money and markets? Over the last twenty-five years, grassroots activists in Medellín, Colombia, have used barter markets and community currencies as one strategy to re-weave a social fabric shredded by violence and to establish an economy founded on respect and reciprocity rather than exploitation. In Social Exchange, Brian J. Burke provides a deep ethnographic investigation of this activism and its effects. This story draws us into the cultural and material effects of capitalism and narco-violence, while also helping us understand what new radical imaginations look like and how people bring them to life. The result is an intimate glimpse of urban life in Latin America, as well as a broader analysis of non-capitalist or post-capitalist possibility.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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1 Diverse Economies in the War System --
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2 The Birth of Barter --
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3 A Day at the Market Barter Livelihoods, Ethics, and Pleasure --
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4 What Barter Stimulates Economic and Social Impacts --
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5 "A Barter That Runs through Our Veins" Culture, Power, and Subjectivity --
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6 Strategies for a New Economy Bridges, Boundaries, Culture, and Economy --
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Conclusion "Para que Cambiemos" --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index --
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About the Author
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
In:
Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766479
Language:
English
DOI:
10.36019/9781978829657
URL:
https://doi.org/10.36019/9781978829657?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781978829657
