Sykes, Karen Margaret,  1960- <br/><br/>
Arguing with anthropology :  an introduction to critical theories of the gift / 
Karen Sykes. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2005. 
 - x, 244 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0203491149 (ebook) 0415254434 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415254442 (pbk : alk. paper) 9780203491140 (ebook) 9780415254434 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780415254441 (pbk : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004021092 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA485001  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013047055  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ceremonial exchange.<br/>Gifts.<br/>Anthropology--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN449.8  / .S95 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301 S983 a