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

by Karen Sykes

Book Overview

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 classic 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of Pacific and global ethnography, it provides a unique course in methods, aims, knowledge, and understanding. The book's highly original hypothetical approach takes gift-theory - the science...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415254442
• ISBN13: 9780415254441
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"