Sociology and anthropology of economic life I: the moral embedding of economic action

This book brings together readings on social and economic anthropology in theIndian context. It examines how ethical, moral, and affective forces are constitutive of economic activities. INDICE: Acknowledgements;; 1. Introduction (Veena Das and Ranendra K. Das); ; 1.: Reading the Ethnographic Record: Conceptual and Methodological Issues;; 2.: Class Structure in an Agrarian Society: The Case of the Jotedars (Andre Beteille);; 3.: Misconceiving the Grain Heap: A Critique of the Concept of the Indian Jajmani System (C.J. Fuller);; 4.: Knowing About Rural Economic Change: Problems Arising From a Comparison of the Results of 'Macro' and 'Micro' Research in Tamil Nadu (John Harris);; Section II -- Nature, Institutions and Environment;; 5.: 'Indigenous' Knowledges: Ecology (Akhil Gupta);; 6.: The Local Politics of Groundwater in North Gujarat (Navroz K. Dubash);; 7.: Perspectives on Commons' Encroachment (Rita Brara);; Section III -- Sentiments, Values and Affects; ; 8.: 'Let the Water for the Paddy Also Irrigate the Grass': On the Sympathetic Currents of the Aqueous Self (Anand Pandian);; 9.: On the MoralPerils of Exchange (Johathan Parry);; 10.: Women's Work: Quilt Making and Gift Giving (Deepak Mehta);; 11.: On Living in the Kal(i)yug: Notes from Nagda, Madhya Pradesh (Christopher Pinney); Newcomers to the World of Goods: Consumption among the Muria Gonds (Alfred Gell);; Notes on Contributors; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806326-1
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés