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The Empire of Things: Regimes of Value and Material Culture (School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series)
Fred R. Myers
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Paperback. Editor(s): Myers, Fred R. Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Representing a new wave of thinking about material culture studies-a topic long overdue for reevaluation-the essays in this volume take a fresh look at the relationship between material culture and exchange theory and illuminate the changing patterns of cultural flow in an increasingly global economy and the cultural differences registered in "regimes of value." The Empire of Things includes an extensive interview with the late Annette B.Weiner, whose work on exchange theory still inspires contemporary material culture studies.
The contributors deconstruct the traditional opposition between "gift" and "commodity" and between supposedly; "alienable" and "inalienable" objects in ceremonies of exchange-whether ... Read more
Representing a new wave of thinking about material culture studies-a topic long overdue for reevaluation-the essays in this volume take a fresh look at the relationship between material culture and exchange theory and illuminate the changing patterns of cultural flow in an increasingly global economy and the cultural differences registered in "regimes of value." The Empire of Things includes an extensive interview with the late Annette B.Weiner, whose work on exchange theory still inspires contemporary material culture studies.
The contributors deconstruct the traditional opposition between "gift" and "commodity" and between supposedly; "alienable" and "inalienable" objects in ceremonies of exchange-whether ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
School for Advanced Research Press
Condition
New
Series
School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Santa Fe, United States
ISBN
9781930618060
SKU
V9781930618060
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About Fred R. Myers
Fred R. Meyers is a social anthropologist who has conducted much of his research among the Aboriginal people of Australia. He is the chair of the anthropology department at New York University.
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