Arguing with anthropology
Subtitle: an introduction to critical theories of the gift
By: Karen Sykes.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Ceremonial exchange; Gifts; Anthropology -- Philosophy
Description: A guide to key elements in anthropology, this work teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Its hypothetical approach takes gift-theory - the science of obligation and reciprocity - as the theme of a virtual enquiry, which explores how the discipline has evolved, how it is applied in practice and how it can be argued.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A critical introduction to theories of gift exchange; title: The awkward legacy of the noble savage; title: Collecting evidence on the Kula exchange; title: Keeping obligations and keeping relations; title: Exchanging people, forming alliances; title: Debt in postcolonial context; title: Mistaking how and when to give; title: Envisioning bourgeois subjects; title: Giving beyond reason; title: Interests in cultural property; title: Virtually real exchange; title: Giving anthropology a-way.