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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780226300450 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
394 |
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GOD |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Godelier, Maurice |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Enigma of the gift |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
University of Chicago Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1999 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Chicago : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
vii, 256 p. ; |
| Other physical details |
ill., |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
33.00 |
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USD |
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81.20 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This work reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects which are never exchanged despite the value they possess. It presents an analysis of the seminal work of Marcel Mauss and Claude Levi-Strauss, and drawing on his own fieldwork in Melanesia, Maurice Godelier argues that traditional theories are flawed because they consider only exchangeable gifts. By explaining gift-giving in terms of sacred objects and the power associated with them, Godelier challenges both recent and traditional theories of gift-giving. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Ceremonial exchange |
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Economic anthropology |
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Cultural and social anthropology |
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Interpretation |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Scott, Nora |
| Relator term |
tr. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Item type |
Books |