The Gift, II dono, A Feminist Analysis - Softcover

Genevieve Vaughan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8883533437 ISBN 13: 9788883533433

Publisher: Meltemi Editore, 2004

Synopsis

Athanor: Il Dono/The Gift (2004) edited by Genevieve Vaughan is an anthology of women's writing on gift giving and the gift economy. A monographic issue of the Italian journal Athanor, it was published in Italy in English and is a document of the international women's movement. Many of the articles come from the network International Feminists for a Gift Economy.

About this title

About the Author:

Genevieve Vaughan is an independent researcher who was born in Texas, USA and presently lives in Italy. She has been working on the theory of a maternal gift economy as an alternative to Patriarchal Capitalism for many years. Vaughan's books, her cd Songs for the Tree of Life, a film on her life: Giving for Giving which will soon be aired on Free Speech TV and her many articles are also available free on her website. A description of the Foundation for a Compassionate Society, an all-women activist foundation for social change which Genevieve founded and directed from 1987-1998 can also be found on the website as well as the audio recordings of the presentations of many international women from the conferences the foundation organized Genevieve has pesented the gift paradigm at many international women's conferences as well as many of the World Social Forums. She speaks on the gift economy in a wde variety of venues both individually and together with members of the network of which she was the instigator, International Feminists for a Gift Economy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meltemi Editore
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8883533437
• ISBN 13: 9788883533433
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Genevieve Vaughan