Godelier, Maurice <br/><br/>
The enigma of the gift 

 - Chicago  Chicago Univ. Press  1999 
 - vii, 256 p.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index. 
<br/><br/> When we think of giving gifts, we think of exchanging objects that carry with them economic or symbolic value. But is every valuable thing a potentially exchangeable item, whose value can be transferred? In The Enigma of the Gift, the distinguished French anthropologist Maurice Godelier reassesses the significance of gifts in social life by focusing on sacred objects, which are never exchanged despite the value they possess.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226300450 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950. Essai sur le don. English<br/>Ceremonial exchange<br/>Economic anthropology
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>394   / G6E6