Ownership and Appropriation

ISBN 10: 184788685X / ISBN 13: 9781847886859

Published by Berg Publishers Feb 2012, 2012

About this Item

Neuware - In a world of finite resources, expanding populations and widening structural inequalities, the ownership of things is increasingly contested. Not only are the commons being rapidly enclosed and privatized, but the very idea of what can be owned is expanding, generating conflicts over the ownership of resources, ideas, culture, people, and even parts of people. Understanding processes of ownership and appropriation is not only central to anthropological theorizing but also has major practical applications, for policy, legislative development and conflict resolution.'Ownership and Appropriation' significantly extends anthropology's long-term concern with property by focusing on everyday notions and acts of owning and appropriating. The chapters document the relationship between ownership, subjectivities and personhood; they demonstrate the critical consequences of materiality and immateriality on what is owned; and they examine the social relations of property. By approaching ownership as social communication and negotiation, the text points to a more dynamic and processual understanding of property, ownership and appropriation.

Seller Inventory # 9781847886859

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ownership and Appropriation
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Feb 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184788685X
• ISBN 13: 9781847886859
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 159H x 19D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 159 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 489 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Through detailed case studies covering a wide range of related issues, Ownership and Appropriation provides a new approach to this key anthropological topic.

About the Author

Veronica Strang is Executive Director at the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, and the author of What Anthropologists Do (2009).Mark Busse is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Auckland.