Barter

Heady, Patrick

doi:10.4337/9781845423469.00028

Cited by 20 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For the sake of this article, what it is relevant in this literature is that it defines commodity as an impersonal transaction of unlike goods and services that takes place between independent, self‐interested individuals who exchange alienable private properties defined primarily in terms of use and exchange value, with the aim of obtaining material benefits or profit. When the exchange involves goods and services that are alike, and is aimed at reinforcing the social relationship between the trading partners, rather than the pursuit of individual profit, we are in the presence of “gift” exchange (see, e.g., Gregory 1982; Mauss 1990; Carrier 1991:121, 1995; Heady 2005). So, while in commodity exchanges the focus is on the goods or services, in gift exchanges it is on the social relationship between the transacting partners (Heady 2005:270).…”

Section: The “Transacting Other” and The Morality Of Truequementioning

confidence: 99%

“…When the exchange involves goods and services that are alike, and is aimed at reinforcing the social relationship between the trading partners, rather than the pursuit of individual profit, we are in the presence of “gift” exchange (see, e.g., Gregory 1982; Mauss 1990; Carrier 1991:121, 1995; Heady 2005). So, while in commodity exchanges the focus is on the goods or services, in gift exchanges it is on the social relationship between the transacting partners (Heady 2005:270). Yet, once again, trueque seems to escape these category definitions.…”

Section: The “Transacting Other” and The Morality Of Truequementioning

confidence: 99%

“…They share the evolutionary idea that barter represents an earlier stage of the economy, that is, that barter and money are the poles of an evolutionary continuum that led from “primitive” single‐purpose money to “modern” general‐purpose money as represented by State‐issued currencies (cf. Humphrey and Hugh‐Jones 1992; Heady 2005). According to this narrative, barter takes place in the absence of money, in straightforward situations of coincidence of wants, and when the opportunity costs are not too high.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This difficulty becomes more evident and more frequent when the economy becomes more complex, so that finding partners who are willing to make corresponding exchanges of goods becomes more rare. Hence, money helps solve this problem by providing a general currency that everybody is willing to accept “in exchange” for anything; this explains its importance over barter and therefore its more widespread development (Heady 2005:265).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this picture, barter does not have a place of its own. It sits between gift and commodity, as a function of either categories and, according to the local context where it takes place, it can be closer to one or the other (Heady 2005:270).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Trueque: An Ethnographic Account of Barter, Trade and Money in Andean Ecuador

Ferraro

2011

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

RESUMEN Este artículo presenta la etnografía de trueque, un intercambio que se da en el Ecuador del Norte. La característica del trueque es que involucra simultáneamente el uso del dinero, animales y objetos, por ende estimula una reflexión sobre los debates antropológicos sobre dinero e intercambios. Sin embargo, trueque involucra también ideas, valores y percepciones sobre el “otro” con quien se entretiene la transacción, así como sobre uno mismo. Estas percepciones están localizadas en las relaciones socio‐económicas tanto entre individuos como grupos sociales. Por ultimo, el análisis de trueque subraya la importancia del material Andino para los debates antropológicos sobre intercambios, que se han basado principalmente sobre datos de Melanesia y África.

show abstract

Section: The “Transacting Other” and The Morality Of Truequementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The “Transacting Other” and The Morality Of Truequementioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Trueque: An Ethnographic Account of Barter, Trade and Money in Andean Ecuador

Ferraro

2011

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Barter

García¹

2018

The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Barter is usually defined as the dyadic exchange of goods and services of similar kind without the intervention of money. Initially regarded as a simple bilateral transaction (equivalent to commodity exchange), it did not attract particular anthropological attention. However, a model of pure barter exists only in theory. The available ethnographic data show a wide array of barter modalities and functions conveying, beyond its pragmatic goal, social, political, and moral functions. When it takes place within the same community, barter is frequently found in coexistence with gift exchange, trade, or commodity exchange. While economists commonly regard barter as the origin of all exchange—eventually leading to the creation of money—the historical sequence could actually work in the opposite direction. Actually, barter is widely used not only in the past and traditional societies but also in contemporary societies where, to a certain extent, it can be considered a postmonetary phenomenon.

show abstract

Italy's Economic Revolution

Roselaar¹

2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This book explores the connection between economic activities and integration—how did economic activities contribute to the unification of Italy in the Republican period in the civic, legal, social, and cultural senses? On the one hand, this book will investigate whether Italy became more integrated in an economic sense after the Roman conquest, and will trace the widely varying local reactions to the globalization of the Italian economy. On the other hand, it will investigate whether and how economic activities carried out by Italians contributed to the integration of the Italian peoples into the Roman framework. Throughout the Republican period, Italians had been able to profit from the expansion of the Roman dominion in the Mediterranean; through overseas trade and commercial agriculture they had gained significant wealth, which they invested in the Italian landscape. They were often ahead of Romans when it came to engagement with Hellenistic culture. However, their economic prosperity and cultural sophistication did not lead to civic equality with Roman citizens, nor to equal opportunities to exploit the territories that the Italians had conquered under Rome’s lead. Eventually, the Italians rebelled against Rome in the Social War (91–88 BC), after which they were granted Roman citizenship. This stimulated further interaction and integration between Romans and Italians in the economic, political, social, and cultural senses. This book will investigate how, if at all, economic interaction was related to civic integration, as well as cultural change, and will highlight the importance of the Roman citizenship as an instrument of integration.

show abstract

Barter

Cited by 20 publications

References 0 publications

Trueque: An Ethnographic Account of Barter, Trade and Money in Andean Ecuador

Trueque: An Ethnographic Account of Barter, Trade and Money in Andean Ecuador

Barter

Italy's Economic Revolution

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About