The Gift in Antiquity
Satlow, Michael L
The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss’s notion of gift-giving to the study of antiquity. • Features a collection of original essays that cover such wide-ranging topics as vows in the Hebrew Bible; ancient Greek wedding gifts; Hellenistic civic practices; Latin literature; Roman and Jewish burial practices; and Jewish and Christian religious gifts • Organizes essays around theoretical concerns rather than chronologically • Generates unique insights into gift-giving and reciprocity in antiquity • Takes an explicitly cross-cultural approach to the study of ancient history
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Année:
2013
Editeur::
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.;Wiley-Blackwell
Langue:
english
Pages:
255
ISBN 10:
1444350242
ISBN 13:
9781444350241
Collection:
The ancient world: comparative histories
Fichier:
EPUB, 1.47 MB
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english, 2013