Allison J. Truitt

Dreaming of Money in Ho CHI Minh City

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the function of money in everyday life in Vietnam

Produktdetails

• Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780295992747
• ISBN-10: 0295992743
• Artikelnr.: 37032292

Autorenporträt

Allison J. Truitt is assistant professor of anthropology at Tulane University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Place Names
Introduction
1. The Making of Vietnamese Money
2. Renovating Households
3. Dollars Are for Keeping
4. Summoning Spirits
5. The Qualities of Money
6. Dodging, or Street-Level Strategies for Personal Gain
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index