CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: APPROACHING OBJECTS
GIFTS AND COMMODITIES, PEOPLE AND THINGS
CHANGING PRODUCTION RELATIONS
CHANGING CIRCULATION RELATIONS: THE
EMERGENCE OF THE MARKET
CHANGING CIRCULATION RELATIONS:
INSTITUTIONALIZING ALIENATION
THE WORK OF APPROPRIATION
6 PRESENTING COMMODITIES IN CATALOGUES
7 THE IDEOLOGY OF THE GIFT
CHRISTMAS AND THE CEREMONY OF THE GIFT
CONCLUSION: OPPOSITIONS OF GIFTS AND
COMMODITIES
Notes
References
Index
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