New Directions in Economic Anthropology

by Narotzky, Susana

• ISBN13: 9780745307176
• ISBN10: 0745307175
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Pluto Pr

Summary

'Narotzky is particularly compelling in her discussion of the relation between the counted and*BR*unaccounted as it enters practices and ideology in the informal economy, family business and home life' Anthropology Today (RAI)*BR**BR*Using an historical perspective, Narotzky highlights the interdependent nature of the contemporary world economy, and includes case studies of Western societies. She gives special emphasis to current issues such as the anthropology of work, the informal economy, and the cultures of industrialisation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: Beyond Economic Anthropology	1	(7)
1 Production	8	(34)
The ecosystem	8	(10)
Technological processes	18	(7)
Access to resources	25	(10)
The question of `work' in Western societies	35	(7)
2 Distribution and Exchange	42	(57)
Forms of reciprocity and redistribution	42	(10)
Exchange	52	(19)
Circulation	71	(15)
Market culture or market system?	86	(13)
3 Consumption	99	(59)
Defining consumption	99	(15)
The consumption unit	114	(15)
What happens within the consumption unit?	129	(9)
Beyond the domestic group boundaries	138	(9)
Producing while consuming	147	(11)
4 Social Reproduction	158	(32)
Production and reproduction	158	(11)
Social reproduction	169	(21)
5 Conclusion: Local Culture and Economic Models	190	(34)
The case study: local processes in the construction of labour/capital relations	191	(12)
Models of analysis for a `New Economic Organisation'	203	(8)
Work experiences and labour/capital relations	211	(5)
Rethinking proletarianisation and class	216	(8)
References	224	(18)
Index	242