The function of gift exchange in Stendhal and Balzac / Doreen Thesen

By:

Thesen, Doreen [author]

Publisher: New York : P. Lang Pub., 2000Description: 264 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780820448824
0820448826

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

843.7 THE 23

Summary: "In this book, a selection of writings by Stendhal and Balzac is studied to see how gift exchange functions in these authors' representations of France in the early nineteenth century, a period during which money emerged as a universal social mediator. The gift is studied from two main perspectives: true gift as a means of establishing a positive relationship and gift as a facade masking and facilitating commercial transactions."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Anna Centenary Library	843.7 THE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	217937

"In this book, a selection of writings by Stendhal and Balzac is studied to see how gift exchange functions in these authors' representations of France in the early nineteenth century, a period during which money emerged as a universal social mediator. The gift is studied from two main perspectives: true gift as a means of establishing a positive relationship and gift as a facade masking and facilitating commercial transactions."--BOOK JACKET.

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