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Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies: Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City by Allison J. Truitt (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN-100295992743
ISBN-139780295992747
eBay Product ID (ePID)150520079
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City
SubjectPolitical Economy, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Money & Monetary Policy
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorAllison J. Truitt
SeriesCritical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-005720
Reviews"This ethnographic account moves from the accounts of shopkeepers to locals managing their money to speculators in the growing market of real estate. In that regard, it demonstrates the flexible line between the legal and illegal, the economy and other value systems, and pre- and postsocialist life in Vietnam's largest city." - J. Newberry , CHOICE , December 2013
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal339.4709597
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 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
SynopsisThe expanding use of money in contemporary Vietnam has been propelled by the rise of new markets, digital telecommunications, and an ideological emphasis on money's autonomy from the state. People in Vietnam use the metaphor of "open doors" to describe their everyday experiences of market liberalization and to designate the end of Vietnam's postwar social isolation and return to a consumer- oriented environment. Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City examines how money is redefining social identities, moral economies, and economic citizenship in Vietnam. It shows how people use money as a standard of value to measure social and moral worth, how money is used to create new hierarchies of privilege and to limit freedom, and how both domestic and global monetary politics affect the cultural politics of identity in Vietnam.Drawing on interviews with shopkeepers, bankers, vendors, and foreign investors, Allison Truitt explores the function of money in everyday life. From counterfeit currencies to streetside lotteries, from gold shops to crowded temples, she relates money's restructuring to performances of identity. By locating money in domains often relegated to the margins of the economy-households, religion, and gender- she demonstrates how money is shaping ordinary people's sense of belonging and citizenship in Vietnam., The expanding use of money in contemporary Vietnam has been propelled by the rise of new markets, digital telecommunications, and an ideological emphasis on money's autonomy from the state. People in Vietnam use the metaphor of "open doors" to describe their everyday experiences of market liberalization and to designate the end of Vietnam's postwar social isolation and return to a consumer- oriented environment. Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City examines how money is redefining social identities, moral economies, and economic citizenship in Vietnam. It shows how people use money as a standard of value to measure social and moral worth, how money is used to create new hierarchies of privilege and to limit freedom, and how both domestic and global monetary politics affect the cultural politics of identity in Vietnam. Drawing on interviews with shopkeepers, bankers, vendors, and foreign investors, Allison Truitt explores the function of money in everyday life. From counterfeit currencies to streetside lotteries, from gold shops to crowded temples, she relates money's restructuring to performances of identity. By locating money in domains often relegated to the margins of the economy-households, religion, and gender- she demonstrates how money is shaping ordinary people's sense of belonging and citizenship in Vietnam.
LC Classification NumberKEY
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