Arguing with anthropology an introduction to critical theories of the gift
Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the famous 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of methods, aims, knowledg...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis
2005
2005. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433692506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A sceptical introduction to theories of gift exchange
- The awkward legacy of the noble savage
- Gathering thoughts in fieldwork
- Keeping relationships, meeting obligations
- Exchanging people, giving reasons
- Debt in postcolonial society
- Mistaking how and when to give
- Envisioning bourgeois subjects
- Giving beyond reason
- Virtually real exchange
- Interests in cultural property
- Giving anthropology a/way.
