Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift / Karen Sykes.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: 1 online resource (x, 244 pages)Content type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780203491140
- 9781134523450
- 9781134523498
- 9781134523504
- 394 S983
- GN449.8 .S95 2005
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index.
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.
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