Departing from this amusing yet entirely real vignette, it is worth considering several outstanding and insightful books that thoughtfully engage with various dimensions of this fascinating subject matter: Billig, M. (1995). Banal nationalism. Sage. Bloch, M., & Parry, J. (Eds.). (1989). Money and the morality of exchange. Cambridge University Press. Desan, C. (2014). Making money: […]
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by Nicole Brown* Dovie Coleman, considered one of the “founding mothers” of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), was affectionately known as the “human tornado”. Her boldness and highly effective organizing strategies demonstrated her strategic acumen and leadership centered on the issues affecting those impacted by the system of poverty in Chicago neighborhoods. Coleman was […]
If you believe in Santa, do not read the following paper — sympathetically warn us Teea Palo, Katy Mason and Philip Roscoe at the beginning of “Performing a Myth to Make a Market: The Construction of the ‘Magical World’ of Santa”. In this interesting research, the authors follow the Santa myth to a remote northern […]