The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader
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Bringing together the most exciting and innovative work of the last ten years in the emerging field of cultural economy, 'The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader' shows how this hybrid area of study is now posing a significant challenge to notions of the economic and what counts as economic action.The pursuit of prosperity has always been a cultural performance. However, since the nineteenth century, with the rise of a separate profession of economics, such performance has either been neglected or actively denigrated. With the help of a substantial introduction from the editors, this Reader show...
Bringing together the most exciting and innovative work of the last ten years in the emerging field of cultural economy, 'The Blackwell Cultural Economy Reader' shows how this hybrid area of study is now posing a significant challenge to notions of the economic and what counts as economic action.
The pursuit of prosperity has always been a cultural performance. However, since the nineteenth century, with the rise of a separate profession of economics, such performance has either been neglected or actively denigrated. With the help of a substantial introduction from the editors, this Reader shows that the pursuit of prosperity is the pursuit of many goals at once from meeting material needs and making profit to seeking symbolic satisfaction and fleeting pleasures. It goes beyond just adding 'culture' to 'economy.'
Organized around categories such as production, finance and money, economic regulation, commodity chains, consumption, and passions, this volume introduces developments at the cutting edge of a new and vibrant field.
Reviews:
Even a good old Chicago School economist can find much in the book to widen her horizons. That the economy is embedded in social relations and is linguistic and is ethical is obvious to any student of society. Yet Samuelsonian economics denies all this. The Reader should open eyes all round.' 'Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago'
This is a terrific collection! Amin and Thrift have brought together a rich set of studies to make the case that in economic life, calculation is cultural. Across a wonderful range of settings from financial exchanges to supermarkets this lively volume is essential reading for anyone studying economic sociology.' 'David Stark, University of Columbia'
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: Production:
1. A Mixed Economy of Fashion Design: Angela McRobbie
2. Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace: Seßn ÓRiain
3. Instrumentalizing the Truth of Practice: Katie Vann and Geoffrey C. Bowker
4. The Economy of Qualities: Michel Callon, Cécile Méadel and Vololona Rabeharisoa
Part II: Finance and Money:
5. Inside the Economy of Appearances: Anna Tsing
6. Physics and Finance: S-Terms and Modern Finance as a Topic for Science Studies: Donald MacKenzie
7. Traders' Engagement with Markets: A Postsocial Relationship: Karin Knorr Cetina and Urs Bruegger.
Part III: Regulation:
8. Varieties of Protectors: Frederico Varese
9. The Agony of Mammon: Lewis H. Lapham
10. Governing by Numbers: Why Calculative Practices Matter: Peter Miller
Part IV: Commodity Chains:
11. African/Asian/Uptown/Downtown: P. Stoller
12. Retailers, Knowledges and Changing Commodity Networks: The Case of the Cut Flower Trade: A. Hughes
13. Culinary Networks and Cultural Connections: A Conventions Perspective: Jonathan Murdoch and Mara Miele
Part V: Consumption:
14. Making Love in Supermarkets: Daniel Miller
15. Window Shopping at Home: Classifieds, Catalogues and New Consumer Skills: Alison. J. Clarke
16. Whats in a Price? An Ethnography of Tribal Art at Auction: Haidy Geismar
17. Its Showtime: On the Workplace Geographies of Display in a Restaurant in Southeast England: Philip Crang
Part VI: Economy of Passions:
18. Feeling Management: From Private to Commercial Uses: Arlie Hochschild
19. Negotiating the Bar: Sex, Money and the Uneasy Politics of Third Space: Lisa Law
20. A Joints a Joint: S. Denton and R. Morris
21. Marking Time with Nike: The Illusion of the Durable: Celia Lury
Index.
The pursuit of prosperity has always been a cultural performance. However, since the nineteenth century, with the rise of a separate profession of economics, such performance has either been neglected or actively denigrated. With the help of a substantial introduction from the editors, this Reader shows that the pursuit of prosperity is the pursuit of many goals at once from meeting material needs and making profit to seeking symbolic satisfaction and fleeting pleasures. It goes beyond just adding 'culture' to 'economy.'
Organized around categories such as production, finance and money, economic regulation, commodity chains, consumption, and passions, this volume introduces developments at the cutting edge of a new and vibrant field.
Reviews:
Even a good old Chicago School economist can find much in the book to widen her horizons. That the economy is embedded in social relations and is linguistic and is ethical is obvious to any student of society. Yet Samuelsonian economics denies all this. The Reader should open eyes all round.' 'Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago'
This is a terrific collection! Amin and Thrift have brought together a rich set of studies to make the case that in economic life, calculation is cultural. Across a wonderful range of settings from financial exchanges to supermarkets this lively volume is essential reading for anyone studying economic sociology.' 'David Stark, University of Columbia'
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: Production:
1. A Mixed Economy of Fashion Design: Angela McRobbie
2. Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace: Seßn ÓRiain
3. Instrumentalizing the Truth of Practice: Katie Vann and Geoffrey C. Bowker
4. The Economy of Qualities: Michel Callon, Cécile Méadel and Vololona Rabeharisoa
Part II: Finance and Money:
5. Inside the Economy of Appearances: Anna Tsing
6. Physics and Finance: S-Terms and Modern Finance as a Topic for Science Studies: Donald MacKenzie
7. Traders' Engagement with Markets: A Postsocial Relationship: Karin Knorr Cetina and Urs Bruegger.
Part III: Regulation:
8. Varieties of Protectors: Frederico Varese
9. The Agony of Mammon: Lewis H. Lapham
10. Governing by Numbers: Why Calculative Practices Matter: Peter Miller
Part IV: Commodity Chains:
11. African/Asian/Uptown/Downtown: P. Stoller
12. Retailers, Knowledges and Changing Commodity Networks: The Case of the Cut Flower Trade: A. Hughes
13. Culinary Networks and Cultural Connections: A Conventions Perspective: Jonathan Murdoch and Mara Miele
Part V: Consumption:
14. Making Love in Supermarkets: Daniel Miller
15. Window Shopping at Home: Classifieds, Catalogues and New Consumer Skills: Alison. J. Clarke
16. Whats in a Price? An Ethnography of Tribal Art at Auction: Haidy Geismar
17. Its Showtime: On the Workplace Geographies of Display in a Restaurant in Southeast England: Philip Crang
Part VI: Economy of Passions:
18. Feeling Management: From Private to Commercial Uses: Arlie Hochschild
19. Negotiating the Bar: Sex, Money and the Uneasy Politics of Third Space: Lisa Law
20. A Joints a Joint: S. Denton and R. Morris
21. Marking Time with Nike: The Illusion of the Durable: Celia Lury
Index.