Women and the Gift

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Women and the Gift is written by Morny Joy and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253010330 (ISBN 10) and 9780253010339 (ISBN 13).

Recent inquiries into the concept of the gift have been largely male-dominated and thus have ignored important aspects of the gift from a woman's point of view. In the light of philosophical work by Mauss, Lévi-Strauss, Derrida, and Bataille, Women and the Gift reflects how women respond to the notion of the gift and relationships of giving. This collection evaluates and critiques previous work on the gift and also responds to how women view care, fidelity, generosity, trust, and independence in light of the gift.