ISBN:
9781138928282
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (243 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Social and Cultural Anthropology
Parallel Title:
Print version The Gift Economy
DDC:
394
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in primitive societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology, particularly those of Durkheim and Weber, and to the social constructionism of Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. This volume is the result of a major study of gift rituals carried out by David Cheal and his associates in which general th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Moral economy; 2 Tie-signs; 3 Transactions and relations; 4 Love culture; 5 Social reproduction; 6 Intimacy and community; 7 Gift games; 8 The social future; 9 Conclusion; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
