Loans, Debts, and “Values” in a Pawnshop












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            * Michael Rádl
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            Abstrakt

            The author describes circumstances and conditions of the pawnshop loan on the basis of his
            at a bazaar-pawnshop. In particular, he focuses on the process of determining the value of
            collateral. Moreover, the paper also discusses the ambiguity of the notion of “value”, whi

            an economic, but also of a symbolic nature. He also shows the other consequences and conte
            be derived from the relationship of the customer and the pawnbroker. Furthermore, the pape
            the question of who and why uses the pawnshop to get cash, and concludes with the key poin

            process that leads some customers to incorporate small (yet practically permanent) pawnsho
            life. In this case, the constantly renewed debt has ultimately become part of their usual 

            and almost quotidian standard. This eventually leads to the fact that these customers grad
            the pawnshop into their way of life, and start to consider it as an integral part of every


            Klíčová slova
            pawnshop; debt; loan; poverty; unemployment; Czech society


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