Free gifts and positional gifts: Beyond exchangism

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 451-468

  Elder Vass, Dave ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital economy; economic sociology; gift; giving; Mauss; reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943774019     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431014566562     Document Type: Article

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