Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes (e-bog) af Ange, Olivia
Ange, Olivia (forfatter)

Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes e-bog

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Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist's gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes, this book addresses a local modality of barter known as cambio. Bringing out its embeddedness within religious celebrations, it argues that cambio is practiced as a sacrifice to catholic figures and local ancestors, t...
E-bog 265,81 DKK
Forfattere Ange, Olivia (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 september 2018
Længde 236 sider
Genrer 1KLSA
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781785336836
Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist's gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes, this book addresses a local modality of barter known as cambio. Bringing out its embeddedness within religious celebrations, it argues that cambio is practiced as a sacrifice to catholic figures and local ancestors, thereby challenging a widespread view of barter as a non-monetary form of commodity exchange. This ethnography of Andean barter considers processes of value creation, both economic and subjective, to further our understanding of how social groups create themselves through economic exchanges.