The Gift In Antiquity
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The Gift In Antiquity
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Author : Michael Satlow
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-02-22
The Gift In Antiquity written by Michael Satlow and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
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
The Dangers Of Gifts From Antiquity To The Digital Age
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Author : Alexandra Urakova
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-09-09
The Dangers Of Gifts From Antiquity To The Digital Age written by Alexandra Urakova and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-09 with History categories.
This is the first volume that examines dangerous gift-giving across centuries and disciplines. Bringing to the fore the subject that features as an aside in gift studies, it offers new insights into the ambivalent and troubled history of gift-giving. Dangerous, violent, and self-destructive gift-giving remains an alluring challenge for scholars almost a hundred years after Marcel Mauss’s landmark work on the gift. Globally, the notion of toxic and fateful gifts has haunted mythologies, folklores, and literatures for millennia. This book problematizes what stands behind the notion of the 'dangerous gift' and demonstrates how this operational term may help us to better understand the role and place of gift-giving from antiquity to the present through a series of case studies ranging from ancient Zoroastrianism to modern digital dating. The book develops a complex historical, cross-cultural, and multi-disciplinary approach to gift-giving that invites comparisons between various facets of this phenomenon through time and across societies. The book will interest a wide range of scholars working in anthropology, history, literary criticism, religious studies, and contemporary digital culture. It will primarily appeal to university educators and researchers of political culture, pre-modern religion, social relations, and the relationship between commerce and gifts.
Benefactors And The Polis
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Author : Marc Domingo Gygax
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-18
Benefactors And The Polis written by Marc Domingo Gygax and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-18 with History categories.
Analyses elite public generosity as a structural feature of the polis throughout all periods of ancient Greek history.
The Cultural Lives Of Domestic Objects In Late Antiquity
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Author : Jo Stoner
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-03-19
The Cultural Lives Of Domestic Objects In Late Antiquity written by Jo Stoner and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-19 with History categories.
In The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in Late Antiquity, Jo Stoner assesses evidence for heirlooms, gifts and souvenirs to reveal the personal and sentimental values of material culture from the late antique period.
Dangerous Gifts
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Author : Deborah Lyons
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
Dangerous Gifts written by Deborah Lyons and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with History categories.
Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus’s wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always involve a certain risk in any culture, but in the ancient Greek imagination, women and gifts appear to be a particularly deadly combination. This book explores the role of gender in exchange as represented in ancient Greek culture, including Homeric epic and tragedy, non-literary texts, and iconographic and historical evidence of various kinds. Using extensive insights from anthropological work on marriage, kinship, and exchange, as well as ethnographic parallels from other traditional societies, Deborah Lyons probes the gendered division of labor among both gods and mortals, the role of marriage (and its failure) in transforming women from objects to agents of exchange, the equivocal nature of women as exchange-partners, and the importance of the sister-brother bond in understanding the economic and social place of women in ancient Greece. Her findings not only enlarge our understanding of social attitudes and practices in Greek antiquity but also demonstrate the applicability of ethnographic techniques and anthropological theory to the study of ancient societies.
The Gift
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Author : Marcel Mauss
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2000
The Gift written by Marcel Mauss and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts.
Gift Exchange In Late Antiquity
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Author : Ida Malte Johansen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Gift Exchange In Late Antiquity written by Ida Malte Johansen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Gifts Of Clothing In Late Antique Literature
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Author : Nikki Rollason
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-15
Gifts Of Clothing In Late Antique Literature written by Nikki Rollason and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with History categories.
Both clothing and gifts in the ancient world have separately been the subject of much scholarly discussion because they were an integral part of Greek and Roman society and identity, creating and reinforcing the relationships which kept a community together, as well as delineating status and even symbolising society as a whole. They have, however, rarely been studied together despite the prevalence of clothing gifts in many ancient texts. This book addresses a gap in scholarship by focusing on gifts of elite male clothing in late antique literature in order to show that, when they appeared in texts, these items were not only functioning in an historical or 'real-life' sphere but also as a literary space within which authors could discuss ideas of social relationships and authority. This book suggests that authors used items which usually formed part of the costume of authority of the period - the trabea of the consul, the chlamys of the imperial court and the emperor, and the pallium of the Christian bishops - to 'over-write' wearers and donors as confident figures of 'official' authority when this may have been open to doubt.
Wealth Poverty And Charity In Jewish Antiquity
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Author : Gregg E. Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2022-04-26
Wealth Poverty And Charity In Jewish Antiquity written by Gregg E. Gardner and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-26 with History categories.
Introduction -- The wealth of the early rabbis -- Harvest allocations for the poor -- Charity laws -- Giving mammon (wealth) -- Pay for the giver -- Charity as an investment -- Poverty relief and the anxiety of wealth -- Conclusion.
Donations Inheritance And Property In The Nordic And Western World From Late Antiquity Until Today
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Author : Ole-Albert Rønning
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-14
Donations Inheritance And Property In The Nordic And Western World From Late Antiquity Until Today written by Ole-Albert Rønning and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-14 with History categories.
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world, beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present day. Through chapters contributed by leading international researchers, this book explores the changing legal, social and religious frameworks that shape how donations and gifts are given. In addition to donations to ecclesiastical, charitable and cultural institutions, this books also highlights the sociolegal challenges and the tensions that can occur as a result of transferring property, including answering key questions such as who has a right to what. It also presents, for the first time, an insight into the dynamics of donations and the interplay between individual motivations, strategic behaviour and the legal setting of inheritance law. Offering a broad chronological and European perspective and including a wide range of illuminating case studies Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today is ideal for students of Nordic and European legal and social history.