Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes / / Olivia Angé.
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 celebratio...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Household Economy in an Argentinean Highland Village
- CHAPTER 2 Historical Perspectives on Andean Fairs
- CHAPTER 3 The Fair: A Religious Gathering of People and Goods
- CHAPTER 4 Modalities of Transactions at Fairs
- CHAPTER 5 Barter and the Making of Society
- Conclusion
- References
- Index