Embodying Exchange

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

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Acknowledgements



Introduction



Part I: The Materiality and Morality of Andean Commerce



Chapter 1. Extra-legal Marketplaces: Past, Present and Future

Chapter 2. Commercial Infrastructure, Spatial Regulation and Situated Economic Ethics



Part II: Traders and Multinationals in La Paz and the Region



Chapter 3. Buyer-Seller-Loyalty and the Limits of Corporate Branding

Chapter 4. Disrupted Cell Phone Supply Chains: Circulatory Authority and Disputes over Ownership



Part III: Embodying Exchange



Chapter 5. Self-Account Trading, Social Interdependencies and Commercial Histories

Chapter 6. The Enmeshment of Commercial and Ritual Cycles: The China Connection of the Fiesta De Jesús Del Gran Poder

Chapter 7. ‘Wealth-in-People’: Gifting and Sharing Amidst Growing Economic Inequality



Conclusion



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Index