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Entangled objects exchange, material culture, and colonialism in the Pacific

Entangled Objects threatens to dislodge the cornerstone of Western anthropology by rendering permanently problematic the idea of reciprocity. All traffic, and commerce, whether economic or intellectual, between Western anthropologists and the rest of the world, is predicated upon the possibility of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas, Nicholas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2021, ©1991
Subjects:
Material Culture > oceania
Exchange > oceania
Acculturation > oceania
Economic Anthropology > oceania
Oceania > social Life And Customs
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Entangled Objects threatens to dislodge the cornerstone of Western anthropology by rendering permanently problematic the idea of reciprocity. All traffic, and commerce, whether economic or intellectual, between Western anthropologists and the rest of the world, is predicated upon the possibility of establishing reciprocal relations between the West and the indigenous peoples it has colonized for centuries.
Physical Description:XIII, 259 pages
ISBN:978-0-674-04432-6

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