Arguing with anthropology [electronic resource] : an introduction to critical theories of the gift / Karen Sykes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: x, 244 p. : ill., mapISBN:
  • 0203491149 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203491140 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 394 22
LOC classification:
  • GN449.8 .S95 2005
Other classification:
  • 73.34
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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