Paperback, 464 pages
English language
Published Dec. 4, 2007 by Vintage.
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Starting with the premise that the work of art is a gift and not a commodity, this revolutionary book ranges across anthropology, literature, economics, and psychology to show how the 'commerce of the creative spirit' functions in the lives of artists and in culture as a whole.
Subjects
- Art And Society
- Creativity
- Literary Criticism
- Literature - Classics / Criticism
- American - General
- Literary Criticism & Collections / American
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Economic anthropology
- Gifts