{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-things-commodities-in-cultural-perspective-paperback-9780521357265","title":"The Social Life of Things; Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Paperback) 9780521357265","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Social Life of Things\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCommodities in Cultural Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArjun Appadurai (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521357265, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 January 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e339 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.562 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circulated. The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Focusing on culturally defined aspects of exchange and socially regulated processes of circulation, the essays illuminate the ways in which people find value in things and things give value to social relations. By looking at things as if they lead social lives, the authors provide a new way to understand how value is externalized and sought after. Containing contributions from American and British social anthropologists and historians, the volume bridges the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, and marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture. It will appeal to anthropologists, social historians, economists, archaeologists, and historians of art.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Nancy Farriss\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Toward an anthropology of things: 1. Introduction: commodities and the politics of value Arjun Appadurai\u003cbr\u003e 2. The cultural biography of things: commoditization as process Igor Kopytoff\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Exchange, Consumption, and Display: 3. Two kinds of value in the Eastern Solomon Islands William H. Davenport\u003cbr\u003e 4. Newcomers to the world of goods: consumption among the Muria Gonds Alfred Gell\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Prestige, Commemoration, and Value: 5. Varna and the emergence of wealth in prehistoric Europe Colin Renfrew\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sacred commodities: the circulation of medieval relics Patrick Geary\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Production Regimes and the Sociology of Demand: 7. Weavers and dealers: the authenticity of an oriental carpet Brian Spooner\u003cbr\u003e 8. Qat: changes in the production and consumption of a quasilegal commodity in northeast Africa Lee V. Cassanelli\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Historical Transformations and Commodity Codes: 9. The structure of a cultural crisis: thinking about cloth in France before and after the Revolution William M. Reddy\u003cbr\u003e 10. The origins of swadeshi (home industry): cloth and Indian society, 1700–1930 C. A. Bayly\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000212279576,"sku":"9780521357265","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521357265i_248bf4eb-0685-4694-b795-4dbd65af77e6.jpg?v=1691375644","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-social-life-of-things-commodities-in-cultural-perspective-paperback-9780521357265","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}