Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific

by Nicholas Thomas

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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.

Drawing on his work on contemporary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674257316

ISBN13:9780674257313

Release Date:October 1991

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:0.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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