The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective - Hardcover

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9780521323512: The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective
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ISBN 10: 0521323517 ISBN 13: 9780521323512
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

Contributors to this volume examine how "things" are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings. The work strives to reveal the underlying social and political mechanisms that regulate taste, trade and desire and to demonstrate the ways people attach value to objects.

About the Author

Arjun Appaduraiis the Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and a senior fellow of the Institute for Public Knowledge. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is the author of editor of numerous books, includingThe Social Life of Things", Modernity at Large", Fear of Small Numbers", andThe Future as Cultural Fact".

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1986
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521323517
ISBN 13 
9780521323512
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
343
Editor
Appadurai Arjun
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