Viviana Zelizer

Viviana A. Zelizer, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, is a prominent economic sociologist who focuses on the attribution of cultural and moral meaning to the economy. A constant theme in her work is economic valuation of the sacred, as found in such contexts as life insurance settlements and economic transactions with sexual intimates.

Major works

• Viviana Zelizer (2005). The Purchase of Intimacy, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12408-6
• Viviana Zelizer (1994). The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies, Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-07891-5
• Viviana Zelizer (1985). Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children, Pinceton University Press. ISBN 0-691-03459-1
• Viviana Zelizer (1979). Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States, Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04570-0

External links

• Princeton Sociology Department
• Prof. Zelizer's faculty homepage
• Podcast featuring Zelizer Zelizer discusses The Purchase of Intimacy on EconTalk