This is an authorised biography of Dario Fo, awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature at the age of 71. His plays, such as Accidental Death of an Anarchist, are full of political satire & have been performed throughout Europe over the last 40 years.
"This introductory text is the first of its kind to provide a solid background to the main themes in economic anthropology: production, distribution, consumption and social reproduction. It also offers a critical approach to the central concepts and theoretical assumptions in ec…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Production -- The ecosystem -- Technological processes -- Access to resources -- The question of 'work' in Western societies -- 2 Distribution and Exchange -- Forms of reciprocity…