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Sociology of Giving.
We all give and receive gifts. But few of us reflect on the risks and uncertainties inherent to this form. For example, to give means to acquire power, to effect a symbolic exchange, to initiate ties and alliances, to convey social messages to others and to classify our own status. Gift-giving is al...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Sage Publications,
1999.
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| Colección: | Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | We all give and receive gifts. But few of us reflect on the risks and uncertainties inherent to this form. For example, to give means to acquire power, to effect a symbolic exchange, to initiate ties and alliances, to convey social messages to others and to classify our own status. Gift-giving is also a device to register honour and shame, to show solidarity, to equalize and to create intimacy. This fascinating volume looks at the ambivalence of gift-giving; contemporary gift-giving, its motives, occasions and its rules; examines sacrifice', food-sharing' and gift-giving' as those basic ins. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (176 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-159) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857026132 0857026135 9786612623080 661262308X 0761956492 9780761956495 1282623087 9781282623088 1848609795 9781848609792 0585348863 9780585348865 |