Values and Valuables

From the Sacred to the Symbolic

354 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A group of distinguished anthropologists and economists discuss the value attached to material objects by different cultures. The authors consider the sacred nature of objects that are exchanged between individuals, the value and power of markets, money, and credit, and the ways in which contemporary people bestow symbolic value on objects or individuals. With its emphasis on the interplay of cultural and economic values, this volume will be a great resource for economists and economic anthropologists.

• Reihe: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9780759105454
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.12.2003
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Herausgegeben von: Duran Bell, Cynthia Werner