Embodying Exchange - Materiality, Morality and Global Commodity Chains in Andean Commerce

Addressing the infrastructural, legal and moral complexities in contemporary world trade, this book uses an ethnographic analysis of the interface of multinational brand manufacturers and popular traders in the Bolivian Andes. It offers a situated account of traders' understanding of regulatory principles, and traces commercial dynamics beyond the limits of what we use to define as economic. It aims to humanize our understanding of the economy by grounding it in everyday life and morality.

About the author

Juliane Müller is Professor of Social Anthropology (Serra Húnter Programme) at the University of Barcelona. This is her fourth monograph, the first in English.

Product details

• Authors: Juliane Mnller, Juliane Müller
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2024
• EAN: 9781805392637
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-263-7
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: The Human Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Political and Economic Anthropology; Development Studies