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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication 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)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 S983 a 22
LOC classification:
  • GN449.8 .S95 2005
Other classification:
  • 73.34
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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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Books Books Chittagong University Library 301 S983 a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-3 Available 340717

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.

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