“Talk of contracts”: Gift-giving vs. Reciprocity in James Joyce’s “A Mother”
This essay measures the extent to which gift-giving fails in an economy of reciprocity. Reading James Joyce’s story “A Mother” in terms of Derrida’s notion of the gift as “absolute loss,” I consider the implications of an economy of loss for Joyce’s notion of sacrifice. Thus, I argue that the absenc...
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| Language: | English |
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2014-12-01
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| Series: | American, British and Canadian Studies Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2014-0025 |