Silver, Ships and Soil: Gift-Giving in Medieval Icelandic Sagas

Through applying anthropological theory to gift exchange in medieval Icelandic sagas, we can uncover a wealth of information about the construction and reinforcement of gender, power, and value. This study incorporates Mauss, Sahlins, and Graeber alongside other theorists to analyze how the narrator...

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Main Author: Eubank, Emma
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2022
Subjects:
Cultural History
European History
Medieval History
Medieval Studies
Other International and Area Studies
Social and Cultural Anthropology
Grettir
Iceland
Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1871
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/honorstheses/article/2906/viewcontent/1Silver_Ships_and_Soil__Gift_Giving_in_Medieval_Icelandic_Sagas.pdf
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Summary:Through applying anthropological theory to gift exchange in medieval Icelandic sagas, we can uncover a wealth of information about the construction and reinforcement of gender, power, and value. This study incorporates Mauss, Sahlins, and Graeber alongside other theorists to analyze how the narrators of Egil's Saga, The Saga of Grettir the Strong, and Gisli Sursson's Saga perceived a past Iceland.

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