Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes Jakob C. Johannsen

Barter and Social Regeneration in the Argentinean Andes Jakob C. JohannsenDespite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologists gaze. Drawing on data from fairs in the Argentinean Andes, this book addresses a local modality of barter known as cambio. Bringing out its embeddedness within religious celebrations, it argues that cambio is practiced as a sacrifice to catholic figures and local ancestors, thereby challenging a widespread view of barter as a non

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