Arguing With Anthropology: An Introduction to Critical Theories of the Gift

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
1 A SCEPTICAL INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES OF GIFT EXCHANGE......Page 12
Part I MODERNIST NOSTALGIA......Page 28
2 THE AWKWARD LEGACY OF THE NOBLE SAVAGE......Page 30
3 GATHERING THOUGHTS IN FIELDWORK......Page 49
4 KEEPING RELATIONSHIPS, MEETING OBLIGATIONS......Page 70
5 EXCHANGING PEOPLE, GIVING REASONS......Page 87
Part II POSTMODERN REFLECTIONS......Page 106
6 DEBT IN POSTCOLONIAL SOCIETY......Page 108
7 MISTAKING HOW AND WHEN TO GIVE......Page 123
Part II POSTMODERN REFLECTIONS......Page 142
8 ENVISIONING BOURGEOIS SUBJECTS......Page 144
9 GIVING BEYOND REASON......Page 162
Part III A PRESENT WITHOUT NOSTALGIA......Page 180
10 VIRTUALLY REAL EXCHANGE......Page 182
11 INTERESTS IN CULTURAL PROPERTY......Page 198
12 GIVING ANTHROPOLOGY A/WAY......Page 216
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS......Page 233
INDEX......Page 248