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The power of gifts : gift-exchange in Early Modern England.
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ISBN: 9780199542956 0199542953 1322331871 0191020133 0191780642 9780191020131 9780191780646 9780191780646 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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This study considers the nature of gift-giving in early-modern England - looking at what gifts were, how they were offered and received, and what did they mean politically under the different monarchs of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Marcel Mauss : a centenary tribute
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ISBN: 1571817034 1571817050 1789205697 9781571817051 Year: 1998 Volume: 1 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Berghahn

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Marcel Mauss, successor of Emile Durkheim and one-time teacher of Claude Levi-Strauss, continues to inspire social scientists across various disciplines. Only selected texts of Mauss's work have been translated into English, but of these, some, as for instance his "Essay on the Gift," have proved of key significance for the development of anthropology internationally. Recently and starting in France, the interest in Mauss's work has increased noticeably as witnessed by several reassessments of its relevance to current social theory. This collection of original essays is the first to introduce the English-language reader to the current re-evaluation of his ideas in continental Europe. Themes include the post-structuralist appraisal of "exchange", the anthropology of the body, practical techniques, gesture systems, the notions of substance, materiality, and the social person. There are fresh insights into comparative politics and history, modern forms of charity, and new readings of some political and historical aspects of Mauss's work that bear on the analysis of regions such as Africa and the Middle East, relatively neglected by the Durkheimian school and by structuralism. This volume is a timely tribute to mark the centenary of Mauss' early work and confirms the continuing relevance of his ideas.

Arguing with anthropology : an introduction to critical theories of the gift
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ISBN: 0415254434 0415254442 0203491149 9780415254434 9780415254441 9780203491140 9786610216833 1134523505 1280216832 6610216835 9780805848540 0805848541 9781410613486 1410613488 1135615802 1135615810 1282375288 9786612375286 9781135615765 9781135615802 9781135615819 9780415645935 9781134523450 9781134523498 9781134523504 1134523491 9781280216831 9781134523474 1134523475 1134523459 Year: 2005 Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Arguing with Anthropology is a fresh and wholly original guide to key elements in anthropology, which teaches the ability to think, write and argue critically. Using the famous 'question of the gift' as a master-issue for discussion, and drawing on a rich variety of methods, aims, knowledge and understanding. The books' unique hypothetical approach takes gift-theory - the science of obligation and reciprocity - as the theme of a virtual enquiry which explores how the discipline has evolved historically, how it is applied in practice and how it can be argued with critically. By asking readers t

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