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Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property

by Lewis Hyde

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Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.

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"Hyde does not prescribe answers to the many questions his book brings up. Instead, he encourages us to challenge our current assumptions about the proper role of the market place in our relationships with each other and our institutions." Southern Cross Review
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Lewis Hyde is the author of Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art, The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, and a book of poems, This Error Is the Sign of Love. He is Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College.
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ISBN:
9780394715193
Author:
Hyde, Lewis
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Sexuality
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Creation
Subject:
Human Sexuality
Subject:
Art and society
Subject:
Sex (psychology)
Subject:
Sex education
Subject:
Gifts
Subject:
Creation (literary, artistic, etc.)
Subject:
Economic anthropology
Copyright:
1983
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed., Bibliography: p. 283-287.
Series Volume:
v. 15
Publication Date:
February 1983
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.40x5.38x.93 in. .91 lbs.
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