Date Thesis Awarded
4-2022
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Anthropology
Advisor
Andrea Wright
Committee Members
Jennifer Lorden
William H. Fisher
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Eubank, Emma, "Silver, Ships and Soil: Gift-Giving in Medieval Icelandic Sagas" (2022). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 1871.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/1871
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