Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Map of Field Sites for Economy and Ritual Group x
6. Introduction:Ritual, Economy, and the Institutions of the Base 1
7. 1 Economy as Ritual: The Problems of Paying in Wine 31
8. 2 Animals in the Kyrgyz Ritual Economy: Symbolic and Moral Dimensions of Economic Embedding 52
9. 3 From Pig-Sticking to Festival Changes in Pig-Sticking Practices in the Hungarian Countryside 79
10. 4 Kurban: Shifting Economy and the Transformations of a Ritual 107
11. 5 The Trader’s Wedding: Ritual Inflation and Money Gifts in Transylvania 137
12. 6 “We don’t have work. We just grow a little tobacco.” Household Economy and Ritual Effervescence in a Macedonian Town 166
13. Appendix: The “Economy and Ritual” Project and the Field Questionnaire 192
14. Contributors 198
15. Index 200