For-Giving: A Feminist Criticism of Exchange
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0911051945
ISBN 13
9780911051940
Category
Woman & Gender
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
432
Description
For-Giving, a Feminist Criticism of Exchange, first published in 1997 is an analysis of the values of gift giving seen as an economic mode of distribution based in maternal practice, and opposed to the self-reflecting and ego-oriented values of exchange on which the market economy is based. The values of Patriarchy entwine with those of Capitalism to create an economic system of domination, while a maternal economy would provide for everyone and promote a community-oriented subjectivity which would also honor Mother Nature. This book gives a woman based perspective on the gift economy as a basis for social change. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
2
