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The Cultural Life of Money

Ed. by Capeloa Gil, Isabel / Gonçalves da Silva, Helena

Series:Culture & Conflict 6

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July 2015
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2015
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978-3-11-042089-0
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Frontmatter

Pages i-iv

Table of Contents

Pages v-vi

Introduction

Capeloa Gil, Isabel

Pages 1-20

I. Philosophies of Money

Money is Time: Thoughts on Credit and Crisis

Weber, Samuel

Pages 23-46

Metaphors We Pay For, or: Metaphors of the ‘Financial Crisis’ Shaping the Cultural Life of Money

Nünning, Ansgar

Pages 47-68

Money: From Midas to Madoff

Neves, João César das

Pages 69-78

II. The Arts and Finance

Death and Diamonds: Finance and Art

Goggin, Joyce

Pages 81-96

Art and its Potentialities: From the Virtual to Speculation

Seligmann-Silva, Márcio

Pages 97-106

The Magic Triangle

Opitz, Alfred

Pages 107-118

III. Literature and Money Matters

Phantom Counterfeits: Credit and Betrayal in a (Post)-Modern Polity

Medeiros, Paulo de

Pages 121-130

From Miser to Capitalist: An Economic Reading of Aluísio Azevedo’s O Cortiço

Santos, Vivaldo Andrade dos

Pages 131-142

Not So Far Apart: Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks and Martin Amis’s Money

Silva, Helena Gonçalves da / Seruya, Teresa

Pages 143-154

“Outside, the yellow lions are grinning”

Guarda, Filomena Viana

Pages 155-162

IV. Cognitive Moneyscapes

Meanings of Money in Literature: D. J. Taylor’s Novel Kept (2006) as a Test Case for Exploring Cognitive Functions of Literature

Nünning, Vera

Pages 165-180

Cognitive Science and How We Think about Money

Abrantes, Ana Margarida

Pages 181-196

Second Life: The Emergence of a New Moneyscape

Ferreira, Cátia

Pages 197-210

Coda: The Art of Giving

Money and Philanthropy: The Idea of Money

Rui Vilar, Emílio

Pages 213-218

Contributors

Pages 219-224

Index

Pages 225-227

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