Anthropology of Gifts and Commodities

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Explores classic and contemporary anthropological discussions of the relationship between gifts and commodities. We explore a wide range of topics from personhood, identity, labour/work, gender, class, nature, and love, and examine how each of these are implicated in and constituted by the production, exchange and consumption of gifts, commodities and gift-commodity hybrids. Prerequisite or co-requisite: ANTH 3991H or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ANTH-SOCI 4100H.