| The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies Contributor(s): Mauss, Marcel (Author), Cunnison, Ian (Translator), Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 161427018X ISBN-13: 9781614270188 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $8.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: 394 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.49 lbs) 146 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 2011 Reprint of 1954 American Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is perhaps the first systematic study of the custom, widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia, of exchanging gifts. The gift is conceived as a transaction forming part of all human, personal relationships between individuals and groups. These gift exchanges are at the same time moral, economic, juridical, aesthetic, religious, mythological and social phenomena. A classic work. |