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Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving

Paperback • 1992 • English

Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving

By Annette B. Weiner

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About the book

"Inalienable Possessions" tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange...

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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ISBN

9780520076044

Published year

1992

Language

English

Original title

Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving

Format

Paperback

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