| Titre | La chaise, la vache et la charrue. Les ventes aux enchères volontaires dans les exploitations agricoles | |
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| Auteur | Jacques Rémy | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 117, 1990 L'architecture rurale : questions d'esthétique | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | varia |
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| Page | 159-177 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Chairs, cows and the plow : voluntary auctions on farms
When farmers retire in areas of western France where tenant farming is practised (as in Perche), they often auction off their herds, furniture, machines, tools, etc. This social event has economic, festive, ceremonial and ritual aspects, in particular as a rite of passage from farming to retirement. For the farm couple, it is the way to obtain the most value from its goods and thus increase its means of livelihood for retirement or even buy a house in town. Such a voluntary sale may also be used by the tenant farmer to show up his landlord. The auctioneering process sheds light on the diversity of social group's value systems, as can be seen through reactions to the prices that certain objects (in particular "antiques") fetch. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1990_num_117_1_4660 |
