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Values and Valuables: From the Sacred to the Symbolic - Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
Cynthia Werner
Values and Valuables: From the Sacred to the Symbolic - Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series
Cynthia Werner
Discusses the value attached to material objects by different cultures. This book considers the sacred nature of objects that are exchanged between individuals, the value and power of markets, money, and credit, and the ways in which contemporary people bestow symbolic value on objects or individuals.
352 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 27, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780759105454 |
Publishers | AltaMira Press |
Pages | 352 |
Dimensions | 150 × 229 × 22 mm · 544 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Bell, Duran |
Editor | Werner, Cynthia |
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