Ethnology, Volume 46, Issue 1University of Pittsburgh, 2008 - Ethnology |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 8
... gift economies of pre - modern and pre- industrial societies , drawing upon works of ethnography and history as his sources of data . In his view there was and is no such thing as a " free gift , " as in the words of Mary Douglas in a ...
... gift economies of pre - modern and pre- industrial societies , drawing upon works of ethnography and history as his sources of data . In his view there was and is no such thing as a " free gift , " as in the words of Mary Douglas in a ...
Page 15
... gift , the charitable donation is a fractured , disjointed entity , without clear links between the donor and recipient , but it is not a " free gift . " For some , receiving donations has consequences . The obligation to reciprocate ...
... gift , the charitable donation is a fractured , disjointed entity , without clear links between the donor and recipient , but it is not a " free gift . " For some , receiving donations has consequences . The obligation to reciprocate ...
Page 17
... gift or free gift , yet are not entirely devoid of the obligations to give , receive , and reciprocate ( Mauss 1993 ) . As such , perhaps the concept of the gift needs to be reformulated or a modified notion of the free gift retained in ...
... gift or free gift , yet are not entirely devoid of the obligations to give , receive , and reciprocate ( Mauss 1993 ) . As such , perhaps the concept of the gift needs to be reformulated or a modified notion of the free gift retained in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
22 women Africa Alhazai blessings bridge centuries charitable donations charity chastity arch China Chinese periphery Christian clients clothing commodities corruption donors dragon boat dragon boat festival economic ETHNOLOGY farm Fiji free gift Gajeré and Garin Garin Jakka gender global God's Guangxi Hákonardóttir Hausa Hausa Women Hausaland Head Pastor healthcare hired household Huang husband Iceland identity indigenous Fijian individual Indo-Fijian inherited fields Islam Jakka and Tchikaji Jingxi market Jingxi medicine market labor land linked loyalty Mćđrastyrksnefnd male Maradi Region Mauss medical culture Ministry rhetoric missionaries Mojiagou village monument Muslim nation Newland Niger northern Nigeria officials one's Pacific Papua New Guinea Pentecostal churches political poverty practicing seclusion prosperity reciprocate religious responsible Reykjavík roles rural sample secluded women sermons society Song dynasty staff suggests sweet potato Tchikaji Gajeré traditional tsari University of Pittsburgh University Press urban vanua wife seclusion woman Yan'an Zhou