The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies

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.

Author: Marcel Mauss
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: 04/21/2011
Pages: 146
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9781614270188
ISBN10: 161427018X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions

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