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From gift to commodity : capitalism and sacrifice in nineteenth-century American fiction /
"Fascinating analysis of the significance of the gift, and its increasingly complicated role in an emerging capitalist order, in nineteenth-century American fiction In this rich interdisciplinary study, Hildegard Hoeller argues that nineteenth-century American culture was driven by and deeply o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
University of New Hampshire Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Becoming modern.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Fascinating analysis of the significance of the gift, and its increasingly complicated role in an emerging capitalist order, in nineteenth-century American fiction In this rich interdisciplinary study, Hildegard Hoeller argues that nineteenth-century American culture was driven by and deeply occupied with the tension between gift and market exchange. Rooting her analysis in the period's fiction, she shows how American novelists from Hannah Foster to Frank Norris grappled with the role of the gift based on trust, social bonds, and faith in an increasingly capitalist culture based on self-interest, market transactions, and economic reason. Placing the notion of sacrifice at the center of her discussion, Hoeller taps into the poignant discourse of modes of exchange, revealing central tensions of American fiction and culture."--Project Muse |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611683110 1611683114 1283540703 9781283540704 9786613853158 6613853151 |