The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective
Arjun Appadurai
339 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0521357268
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Language: English
Publish: 570441600000
AcademicAnthropologyArt HistoryCultural StudiesHistoryMaterial CultureNonfictionPhilosophySociologyTheory
The contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, the volume marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture.