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020 _a9780199453320 (pbk.)
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050 0 0 _aGN635.I4
_bS635 2014
082 _a306.30954 DAS
245 0 0 _aSociology and Anthropology of Economic life. :
_bThe Moral Embedding of Economic Action /
_cedited by Veena Das, Ranendra K. Das.
246 3 0 _aMoral embedding of economic action
264 1 _aNew Delhi :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2014.
300 _aviii, 304 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aOxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology
490 0 _aOxford India paperbacks
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 _aTable of Contents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction (Veena Das and Ranendra K. Das) Section I - 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) BSection 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 Moral Perils 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
650 0 _aEconomic anthropology
_zIndia.
650 0 _aResource-based communities
_zIndia.
650 0 _aConsumption (Economics)
_xMoral and ethical aspects
_zIndia.
700 1 _aDas, Veena,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aDas, Ranendra K.,
_eeditor.
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