At the Interface The Household and Beyond

by Small, David B.; Tannenbaum, Nicola; Winslow, Deborah; Cohen, Jeffrey H.; Holtzman, Jon; Orlove, Benjamin S.; Diaz, Shelly P.; Hovelsrud-Broda, Grete K.; Kent, Susan; Chalfin, Brenda; Alexander, Jane; Alexander, Paul; Alexander, Rani T.; Rocek, Thomas R.

• ISBN13: 9780761814863
• ISBN10: 0761814868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-27
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Co-published with Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA), this volume takes a unique approach to the study of economics. Rather than concentrating on a defined analytical unit, it explores economics from the interface. That is, it examines the various kinds of relationships that can exist among and within economic units in a community and beyond. The chapters treat the theme of the interface from four different perspectives: intracommunity interfaces, interfaces and the organization of communities, extracommunity interfaces, and the question of interfaces in archaeological investigations. The authors address various topics related to household economy, including the creation of different identities through shared labor, the dialectical relationship between global forces and local producers in structuring economic contexts, strategies that promote economic flexibility, and environmental adaptation.

Table of Contents

Preface
I Intracommunity Interfaces
Intracommunity Interfaces: A Brief Overview	7	(4)
The Rise and Demise of a Cooperative in Sri Lanka: State Hegemony by Other Means	11	(14)
Deborah Winslow
The Artisan's Society of Santa Ana del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico: Household Competition and Cooperative Management	25	(16)
Jeffrey H. Cohen
Households, Gender and Age Sets: Domestic Processes and Socioeconomic Organization Among the Samburu of Northern Kenya	41	(14)
Jon Holtzman
The Agrarian Household in Social and Political Context: An Examination of Andean Peasant Work Diaries	55	(22)
Benjamin S. Orlove
Shelly P. Diaz
II Interfaces and the Organization of Communities
Interfaces and the Organization of Communities: A Brief Overview	75	(2)
At What Interface? Thongmakhsan in its Contexts	77	(18)
Nicola Tannenbaum
Contemporary Seal Hunting Households: Trade Bans and Subsidies	95	(18)
Grete K. Hovelsrud-Broda
Sharing: The Adhesive that Binds Households in the Kalahari	113	(18)
Susan Kent
III Extracommunity Interfaces
Extracommunity Interfaces: A Brief Overview	129	(2)
The Changing Face of ``One-Mouth'': Export Promotion and New Forms of Household Labor in Northern Ghana	131	(18)
Brenda Chalfin
Household Production for Global Markets: The Jepara (Indonesia) Woodworking Industries	149	(26)
Jane Alexander
Paul Alexander
IV Archaeology of the Interface
Archaeology of the Interface: A Brief Overview	173	(2)
Household and Communities in Yaxcaba, Yucatan, Mexico, 1750-1847	175	(26)
Rani T. Alexander
Flexibility in Multi-Household Social Units: A Case Study from Navajo Archaeology	201	(20)
Thomas R. Rocek
Some Conclusions	221	(12)
David B. Small
Nicola Tannenbaum
Contributors	233