The gift : expanded edition / Marcel Mauss ; selected, annotated, and translated by Jane I. Guyer ; foreword by Bill Maurer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mauss, Marcel, author.

Contributor:

Guyer, Jane I., translator.

Maurer, Bill, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : HAU Books, 2016.

Summary:

Scan down a list of essential works in any introduction to anthropology course and you are likely to see Marcel Mauss' masterpiece, The Gift.With this new translation, Mauss' classic essay is returned to its original context, published alongside the works that framed its first publication in the 1923-24 issue of L'Année Sociologique.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword - "Puzzles and Pathways" by Bill Maurer

Translator's Introduction - "The Gift that Keeps on Giving" by Jane I. Guyer

Part I: In Memoriam

In Memoriam: The Unpublished Work of Durkheim and His Collaborators

Part II: Essay on The Gift: The Form and Sense of Exchange in Archaic Societies

Introduction - Of the Gift and in Particular of the Obligation to Return Presents

Chapter One - The Gifts Exchanged and the Obligation to Return Them (Polynesia)

Chapter Two - The Extent of This System: Liberality, Honor, Money

Chapter Three - Survivals of These Principles in Ancient Law and Ancient Economies

Chapter Four - Conclusion

Part III: Selected Reviews

A Selection of Reviews by Marcel Mauss

I.) Full Translations

a. Brown, A. R., The methods of ethnology and social anthropology

b. Malinowski, B., The psychology of sex and the foundation of kinship in primitive societies

c. Frazer, J. G., The golden bough and Folklore in the Old Testament

d. Parsons, E. C., American Indian life

e. Radin, P., The Winnebago tribe

f. Boas, F., Ethnology of the Kwakiutl

g. Rattray, R. S., Ashanti

h. Talbot, P. A., Life in Southern Nigeria

i. Rivers, W. H., Medicine, magic and religion

II.) Excerpts

a. Frobenius, L., Dämonen des Sudan, Volksdichtungen aus Ober-Guinea, and Der Kopf als Schicksal

b. Horne, G. and Aiston, G., Savage life in Central Australia

c. Bennett, C. A., A philosophical study of mysticism

d. Shotwell, J. T., The religious revolution of today

e. Emmott, F. B., A short history of Quakerism

Index of Names.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-912808-01-3

OCLC:

1052876843