Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift /
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Author / Creator: | Sykes, Karen Margaret, 1960- |
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12325179 |
ISBN: | 9781134523498 1134523491 0203491149 0415254434 0415254442 9780203491140 9780415254434 9780415254441 1280216832 9781280216831 9781134523474 1134523475 9781134523504 1134523505 9786610216833 6610216835 9781134523450 1134523459 9780805848540 0805848541 9781410613486 1410613488 0415254434 9780415254434 |
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Digital file characteristics: | data file |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-236) and index. Open Access English. Description based on print version record. |
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 to participate in projected situations and dilemmas, and in arguments about the form and nature of enquiry, this distinctive book offers working practice of dealing with the obstacles and choices involved in anthropological study. |
Other form: | Print version: Arguing with anthropology London ; New York : Routledge, 2005. 0203491149 (e-book) |
Standard no.: | 10.4324/9780203491140 9780415254434 |
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