Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific

Nicholas Thomas

Published by Harvard University Press 1991

Entangled Objects

Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific

Nicholas Thomas

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674044326

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Thomas takes up issues central to modern anthropology: the cultural and political dynamics of colonial encounters, the nature of Western and non-Western transactions, and the significance of material objects in social life. He raises doubts about any simple “us/them” dichotomy between Westerners and Pacific Islanders.

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Powerful and provocative.
-- Roy Wagner, University of Virginia

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Objects, Exchange, Anthropology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. The Permutations of Debt: Exchange Systems in the Pacific Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. The Indigenous Appropriation of European Things Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4. The European Appropriation of Indigenous Things Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
5. The Discovery of the Gift: Exchange and Identity in the Contemporary Pacific Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 279

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Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674044326