Tuesday Trio: Problematic gifts 📖💿🎥
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Gift economy
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The concept of 'problematic gifts' connects to deeper anthropological ideas about gift-giving obligations, reciprocity, and the social tensions gifts can create - from Marcel Mauss's foundational work to modern applications
Tuesday Trio: Problematic gifts 📖💿🎥
Hey y’all,
This is the second letter in a new series I’m calling “Tuesday Trio” — one book, one record, and one movie based on a theme. Thanks to everybody who sent kind words about the first letter, “Radioactivity.”
Inspired by the season of giving (and gift guides), today’s theme is “Problematic Gifts.”
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