Barter and social regeneration in the Argentinian Andes / Olivia Angé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angé, Olivia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barter--Argentina--Los Andes (Territory).

Barter.

Fairs--Argentina--Los Andes (Territory).

Fairs.

Barter--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2018.

Summary:

"Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist's gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes, this book unveils both barter's regime of value and its related social performativity. It explores fairs' embeddedness within religious celebration, arguing that barter is addressed as a sacrifice to catholic figures and local ancestors, and thus challenging a pervasive view of barter as solely a non-monetary form of commodity exchange. Issues of value, identity, and exchange are considered, furthering our understanding of how social groups create themselves through material circulation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Household economy in an Argentinean highland village

Historical perspectives on Andean fairs

The fair: A religious gathering of people and things

Modalities of transactions at fairs

Barter and the making of society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785336836

1785336835

OCLC:

1347247270