Tzanelli, R (2015) Gift. In: Ritzer, G, (ed.) Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell (Submitted)
Abstract
The term ‘gift’ and the accompanying act of giving were born in the context of early twentieth-century symbolic anthropology. However the ‘gift’ as an object and as social obligation partook in the development of sociological theory that is applicable to micro- (intersubjective), meso- (family reciprocities) and macro-social (political recognition) phenomena. The entry explores all three levels of social experience, highlighting the ways the term enriched as diverse debates as those in political sociology, tourism and digital culture.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2014 10:41 |
Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2015 18:49 |
Published Version: | http://www.wiley.com/ |
Status: | Submitted |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77927 |