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082			_a394 _bGOD
100			_aGodelier, Maurice
245			_aEnigma of the gift
260			_bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c1999 _aChicago :
300			_avii, 256 p. ; _bill., _c23 cm
365			_b33.00 _cUSD _d81.20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis 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			_aCeremonial exchange
650			_aEconomic anthropology
650			_aCultural and social anthropology
650			_aInterpretation
700			_aScott, Nora _etr.
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