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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 12 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Macat Library ; |
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, The Macat Team.
Macat Library. Spoken word ;
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Macat.com. |
| Summary |
In The Gift (1925), Marcel Mauss elevates a simple gift from the status of innocent object to something that has the capacity to motivate people and define social relationships. The Gift analyzes cultures across the world and across time, examining the ways gifts are given and received to understand the rules and traditions of many different societies. Gifts can be tangible, like jewelry, or intangible, like the offering of skills. But binding relationships are always created when gifts are given, received, or exchanged. Mauss concludes that this ritual leads to a fairer society. Through gifts, people grasp the importance of their own social obligations. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950. Essai sur le don. English.
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Gifts.
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Ceremonial exchange.
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Anthropology.
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Macat.Com, .
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hoopla digital.
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| Cover Title |
Marcel Mauss's The gift |
| ISBN |
9781912282876 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1912282879 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13753887 |
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