Bitter Money: Cultural Economy and Some African Meanings of Forbidden Commodities (American Ethnological Society Monograph Series) - Softcover

Shipton, Parker MacDonald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0913167290 ISBN 13: 9780913167298

Publisher: American Anthropological Association, 1989

Synopsis

“fascinating little book adds to the study of culture to political economy” MacGaffey ~Journal of Anthropological Research “presents fascinating material on beliefs about money in some Luo-speaking communities of Kenya... an insightful analysis... a case that will generate fruitful discussions for years to come” Ferguson ~American Ethnologist BITTER MONEY unites symbolic and economic analysis in exploring the beliefs about forbidden exchanges among the Luo of Kenya and other African peoples. Shipton's multi-paradigmatic theoretical explanation briefly summarizes a century of anthropological thought about African exchange, while integrating ways of understanding rural African economy, politics, and culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Parker Shipton is associate professor of anthropology and research fellow in African studies, Boston University. He has conducted research in Kenya, The Gambia, Colombia, and elsewhere and is former president of the Association for Africanist Anthropology, a division of the American Anthropological Association. He lives in Cambridge, MA.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Anthropological Association
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0913167290
• ISBN 13: 9780913167298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 102