IN THE MODE OF GIVING

This books makes accesible concepts of giving and gift exchange for contemporary art-theoretical discourse. It focuses on models dra wn for theater, visual arts, and performance in wich processes of exchange, transfer, and reciprocity play a part. The constributors discuss the viability of gift theories from anthropological, philosophical and sociological perspectives reflecting upon how curren t artistic practice views itself as well s underscoring its ethical dimensions.