false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170458553m/56472.jpg 56472 9 Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity. 55034 1979 The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property total:328|5:136|4:128|3:45|2:16|1:3| 328 1362 821 107 3 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 27 08:10:05 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 08:18:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:22:27 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:57:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:48:27 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:58:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sat Feb 23 11:52:34 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 12:33:37 -0800 2008
The Gift is a large and pretty messy book, to its credit, but the main thrusts are: 1) To use detailed analyses of folk-tales, anthropology, and economic theory to come up wit...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 05:54:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 06:08:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:44:09 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 08:43:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 13:16:11 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 20:42:04 -0700 2009
the seco...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 20:57:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:32:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 04:25:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 17:45:04 -0700 2009 1 Hyde lays out his thoughts on "gift economies," based on folklore and cultural studies. He contr...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:06:05 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:11:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 21:39:40 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:39:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 13:15:36 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 22:04:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:43:18 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 07:11:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 03:51:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 04:22:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 15:46:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:50:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 14:45:40 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:09:24 -0700 2009
So far, dense but en-lightening... perhaps a little on the masculine side in a not-quite-academic sense. The concept of the gift has intrigued me for a few years now, but never did I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 07 09:26:25 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 03 12:16:54 -0800 2009
The book is in two parts. The first part seemed very familiar, having read Richard Titmus...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 08:19:31 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 30 11:29:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Nov 21 13:23:16 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 15:02:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 18 13:40:07 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 31 23:51:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=56472