1st Edition
Arguing With Anthropology An Introduction to Critical Theories of the Gift
By Karen Sykes
Copyright 2005
256 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, PART I Modernist nostalgia, PART II Postmodern reflections: historical criticism, Postmodern reflections: critiques of subjectivity, PART III A present without nostalgia, References and suggested readings, Index
Biography
Sykes, Karen
