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Author(s): Deborah Lyons
ISBN(s): 9780292735545, 0292735545
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.36 MB
Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0292735545 
ISBN 13: 9780292735545
Author: Deborah Lyons

Deianeira sends her husband Herakles a poisoned robe. Eriphyle trades the life of her husband Amphiaraos for a golden necklace. Atreus’s wife Aerope gives away the token of his sovereignty, a lamb with a golden fleece, to his brother Thyestes, who has seduced her. Gifts and exchanges always involve a certain risk in any culture, but in the ancient Greek imagination, women and gifts appear to be a particularly deadly combination.

This book explores the role of gender in exchange as represented in ancient Greek culture, including Homeric epic and tragedy, non-literary texts, and iconographic and historical evidence of various kinds. Using extensive insights from anthropological work on marriage, kinship, and exchange, as well as ethnographic parallels from other traditional societies, Deborah Lyons probes the gendered division of labor among both gods and mortals, the role of marriage (and its failure) in transforming women from objects to agents of exchange, the equivocal nature of women as exchange-partners, and the importance of the sister-brother bond in understanding the economic and social place of women in ancient Greece. Her findings not only enlarge our understanding of social attitudes and practices in Greek antiquity but also demonstrate the applicability of ethnographic techniques and anthropological theory to the study of ancient societies.

Dangerous Gifts Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction: Gifts and Gender in Ancient Greece

  • The significance of gift exchange

  • Gender roles and social dynamics

  • Overview of themes and approach

2 The Social Life of Gifts

  • Gift exchange as social practice

  • Reciprocity and obligation

  • Gifts and power relations

3 Women and Gift Exchange

  • The role of women in gift-giving

  • Marriage and dowries

  • Female agency and social status

4 Masculinity and Gift Exchange

  • Male networks and gift exchange

  • Political and social alliances

  • Masculine identity and honor

5 Dangerous Gifts

  • Gifts that disrupt social order

  • Ambiguity and tension in exchanges

  • Case studies from mythology and history

6 Gifts in Myth and Ritual

  • Mythological narratives involving gifts

  • Ritual gift exchange and its meanings

  • Religious contexts of gift-giving

7 The Economy of Gifts

  • Materiality and value of gifts

  • Economic implications of exchange

  • Gifts versus market transactions

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