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Author Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960-

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

Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 244 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Ceremonial exchange.
Gifts.
Anthropology -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415254434 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780415254434 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415254442 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780415254441 (pbk : alk. paper)
0203491149 (electronic bk.)
9780203491140 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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