Sociology, Volume 35Clarendon Press, 2001 - Sociology |
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... meaning inherent in things themselves ; the meaning of things derives from human relation- ships . Social historians as well as social and economical anthropologists have pointed to the ways in which people inscribe meaning in the forms ...
... meaning inherent in things themselves ; the meaning of things derives from human relation- ships . Social historians as well as social and economical anthropologists have pointed to the ways in which people inscribe meaning in the forms ...
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... meaning Traditionally the meaning of gift exchange has been conceived in functional terms : the mutual giving of gifts serves to bring about social relationships which , in their turn , are the cement of a common culture ( cf ...
... meaning Traditionally the meaning of gift exchange has been conceived in functional terms : the mutual giving of gifts serves to bring about social relationships which , in their turn , are the cement of a common culture ( cf ...
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... meaning of things ? One possible answer is that the social order prevalent in a certain society is reflected in the classification of things . Barthes ( 1973 ) , for instance , argues that commodities act as a kind of ' myths ...
... meaning of things ? One possible answer is that the social order prevalent in a certain society is reflected in the classification of things . Barthes ( 1973 ) , for instance , argues that commodities act as a kind of ' myths ...
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