Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Arguing With Anthropology written by Karen Sykes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.