The Gift in Antiquity The Gift in Antiquity
Ancient World: Comparative Histories

The Gift in Antiquity

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Descripción editorial

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

GÉNERO
Ficción y literatura
PUBLICADO
2013
22 de febrero
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
272
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Wiley
VENTAS
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
TAMAÑO
2.9
MB

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