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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 161427018X
ISBN 13: 9781614270188
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Marcel Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist. His work profoundly influenced the field of anthropology with respect to topics such as magic, sacrifice, and gift exchange in primitive cultures.

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