"If I knew": gifts, debts and their equivalence
This article focuses on a moment of rupture in the exchange relations on the large plantations of the Pernambuco rainforest region, looking to examine how gifts became subject to monetary calculations. It takes as its lead the report of a worker concerning the rupture of relations with his boss, an...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
2012
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/ruris/article/view/16774 |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on a moment of rupture in the exchange relations on the large plantations of the Pernambuco rainforest region, looking to examine how gifts became subject to monetary calculations. It takes as its lead the report of a worker concerning the rupture of relations with his boss, an event that reveals a change in the ways of ending relationships. After contextualizing the account within the recent history of the plantations, the author analyzes the transformations favouring the monetization of gifts, the equivalences thereby established, their meaning for those involved in the transactions and the implications for studies of exchange and law. |
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| ISSN: | 2317-1480 |
