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

Nicholas Thomas

Entangled Objects threatens to dislodge the cornerstone of Western anthropology by rendering permanently problematic the idea of reciprocity. All traffic, and commerce, whether economic or intellectual, between Western anthropologists and the rest of the world, is predicated upon the possibility of establishing reciprocal relations between the West and the indigenous peoples it has colonized for centuries.

GenresMaterial cultureOceaniaExchangeAcculturationEconomic anthropologySocial life and customs

279 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 1991 by Harvard University Press · ISBN 9780674044326

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3 editions

English

  • Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific · Harvard University Press · 1991 · ISBN 9780674044326 This page
  • Entangled Objects : Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific · Harvard University Press · 1991 · ISBN 9780674257306
  • Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific · Harvard University Press · 1991 · ISBN 9780674257313

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