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

By:

Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: x, 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:

0203491149 (ebook)
0415254434 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415254442 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780203491140 (ebook)
9780415254434 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780415254441 (pbk : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

301 S983 a 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Chittagong University Library	301 S983 a (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c-1	Available	340715
Books	Chittagong University Library	301 S983 a (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available	340716
Books	Chittagong University Library	301 S983 a (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-3	Available	340717

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index.

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