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The delicacy of the gift : passing donations and leaving change
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Llewellyn, Nick (2011) The delicacy of the gift : passing donations and leaving change. Discourse & Society, Vol.22 (No.2). pp. 155-174. doi:10.1177/0957926510392126 ISSN 0957-9265.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957926510392126
Abstract
Based on the analysis of video recordings, this article analyses encounters where people give money to a Big Issue vendor (The Big Issue is a UK magazine sold on the street by people who are homeless). The article describes practical ways people delineate and move between gift and market economies in the way they approached the vendor, produced verbal accounts, recovered objects from their person, shaped to pass money and so on. Delicate interactional practices are described through which charitable gifts, which potentially subordinate the recipient, are presented and received within a bustling urban landscape.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Discourse & Society | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0957-9265 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.22 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 155-174 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0957926510392126 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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