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

The author takes up issues central to modern anthropology. In so doing he raises doubts about any simple "us / them" dichotomy between Westerners and Pacific Islanders, challenging the preoccupation of anthropology with cultural differences by stressing the shared history of colonial entan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Nicholas, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Temas:
Material culture > Oceania.
Exchange > Oceania.
Acculturation > Oceania.
Economic anthropology > Oceania.
Culture matérielle > Océanie.
Échange, Théorie de l' (Économie politique)
Éducation au développement > Océanie.
Anthropologie économique > Océanie.
Échange (Économie politique) > Océanie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Acculturation
Economic anthropology
Exchange
Manners and customs
Material culture
Sachkultur
Tausch
Kolonialismus
Ökonomische Anthropologie
Culturele antropologie.
Acculturatie.
ANTROPOLOGIA.
CULTURA MATERIAL.
ACULTURAÇÃO > OCEANIA.
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Océanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Oceania
Ozeanien
OCEANIA (VIDA COTIDIANA)
Culture
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author takes up issues central to modern anthropology. In so doing he raises doubts about any simple "us / them" dichotomy between Westerners and Pacific Islanders, challenging the preoccupation of anthropology with cultural differences by stressing the shared history of colonial entanglement.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-255) and index.
ISBN:9780674044326
0674044320

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