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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ceremonial exchange.

Gifts.

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Taylor & Francis 2005

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the famous 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of methods, aims, knowledge and understanding. The books' unique 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 historically, how it is applied in practice and how it can be argued with critically. By asking readers t

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610216833

9781134523498

1134523491

9781134523504

1134523505

9781280216831

1280216832

9780203491140

0203491149

OCLC:

475895147

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access