Commodities, brands, love and kula: Comparative notes on value creation in honor of Nancy Munn

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-25

  Foster, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brands; Commodity chains; Gift exchange; Kula; Politics of consumption; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749173023     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499607087492     Document Type: Review

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