"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 delineat…
Introduction -- Fashioning Ancient Dress -- Clothing as a Literary Device -- The Value of Clothing in Gift-giving Practice -- Research Questions and Methodology -- Chapter Outline -- 1. Threads of History : Clothing Gifts in Greek and Roman Society Before Late Antiquity -- The H…
"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 delineat…
This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the semantic domain of 'gift' in Ancient Hebrew. The investigation focuses on the single lexemes and provides an overall picture of the developments of the lexical field across thelinguistic layers of Ancient Hebrew.
This monograph exhaustively investigates the semantic domain or gift' in Ancient Hebrew, which comprises 28 substantives. The investigation firstly focuses on the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations that determine the meanings of each individual lexeme and subsequently provid…
This book provides an exhaustive analysis of the semantic domain of 'gift' in Ancient Hebrew. The investigation focuses on the single lexemes and provides an overall picture of the developments of the lexical field across the linguistic layers of Ancient Hebrew.
What is a gift? What do gifts mean and do? Drawing on Marcel Mauss's 1925 essay, this volume studies novels, autobiographical texts, aesthetic treatises, and political writings by Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, Gertrude Stein, and H.D to explore the idea of the gift in Modernist lit…
The decades following World War I saw a widespread turn across disciplines to questions about the nature and role of gifts: What is a gift? What do gifts mean and do? Which individuals and institutions have the authority to give? Returning the Gift argues that these questions ce…
"Is giving possible? Is it possible to give without immediately entering into a circle of exchange that turns the gift into a debt to be returned? This question leads Jacques Derrida to make out an irresolvable paradox at what seems the most fundamental level of the gift's meani…
