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The Social Meaning of Money (ISBN 9780691048215) is a groundbreaking examination of how money is not merely a neutral medium of exchange but a social instrument woven into the fabric of culture, morality, and everyday life. Viviana A. Zelizer’s inquiry reveals that money signals status, relationships, and social norms, transforming financial transactions into meaningful acts within families, markets, and institutions.

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Zelizer argues that money acquires meaning through the social contexts in which it circulates, shaping expectations and obligations across diverse settings such as kinship, work, and consumption. Through careful case studies and theoretical analysis, she demonstrates how people categorize money—whether as wages, gifts, or savings—and how these classifications govern trust, generosity, and power dynamics. The book challenges the assumption of money as a purely impersonal tool, showing instead that cultural meanings steer financial behavior and social bonds.

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Viviana A. Zelizer (1941–) is a renowned sociologist and professor at Princeton University, celebrated for her pioneering work in economic sociology and the social meaning of everyday practices. Her research unravels how normative expectations and cultural scripts shape economic life, with influential contributions spanning gender, family finance, and the circulation of money in society. Zelizer’s scholarship blends rigorous qualitative analysis with a nuanced, human-centered perspective that has reshaped both sociological theory and public understanding of money.

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The book reveals that money is socially charged, with meaning determined by context, relationships, and cultural norms, thereby guiding behavior and social bonds in profound ways.

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The Social Meaning of Money (ISBN 9780691048215) is a groundbreaking examination of how money is not merely a neutral medium of exchange but a social instrument woven into the fabric of culture, morality, and everyday life. Viviana A. Zelizer’s inquiry reveals that money signals status, relationships, and social norms, transforming financial transactions into meaningful acts within families, markets, and institutions.

Summary

Zelizer argues that money acquires meaning through the social contexts in which it circulates, shaping expectations and obligations across diverse settings such as kinship, work, and consumption. Through careful case studies and theoretical analysis, she demonstrates how people categorize money—whether as wages, gifts, or savings—and how these classifications govern trust, generosity, and power dynamics. The book challenges the assumption of money as a purely impersonal tool, showing instead that cultural meanings steer financial behavior and social bonds.

About the author

Viviana A. Zelizer (1941–) is a renowned sociologist and professor at Princeton University, celebrated for her pioneering work in economic sociology and the social meaning of everyday practices. Her research unravels how normative expectations and cultural scripts shape economic life, with influential contributions spanning gender, family finance, and the circulation of money in society. Zelizer’s scholarship blends rigorous qualitative analysis with a nuanced, human-centered perspective that has reshaped both sociological theory and public understanding of money.

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The book reveals that money is socially charged, with meaning determined by context, relationships, and cultural norms, thereby guiding behavior and social bonds in profound ways.

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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780691048215
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0691048215
Paperback
Publishing year: 1997
Publisher: Princeton University Press
304 Pages
Weight: 0,363 kg
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 0691048215

ISBN - alternate spelling:
0-691-04821-5, 978-0-691-04821-5
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Book author: rotman, zelizer viviana
Book title: paycheck, the social meaning money pin money paychecks poor relief and other currencies, money and its uses

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