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Marcel Israël Mauss (French:; 10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology". [1] The nephew of Émile Durkheim, Mauss, in his academic work, crossed the boundaries between sociology and anthropology.
Mauss is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: François Mauss, the founder and president of the Grand Jury Européen; Karl Mauss (1898–1959), German military commander; Marcel Mauss (1872–1950), French sociologist and ethnologist; Werner Mauss (born 1940), German private investigator
Mauss was born on 5 June 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and grew up in California, graduating from Oakland High School in 1946. [2] A lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as a young adult he served a full-time, two-year mission for the church in New England, and he served throughout his life in many other lay ecclesiastical roles.
The Gift has been very influential in anthropology, [3] where there is a large field of study devoted to reciprocity and exchange. [4] It has also influenced philosophers, artists, and political activists, including Georges Bataille, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard, and more recently the work of David Graeber and the theologians John Milbank and Jean-Luc Marion.
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Maus, [a] often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor.
Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving is a book by anthropologist Annette Weiner. [5] Weiner was a Professor of Anthropology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts at New York University, and served as president of the American Anthropological Association.
Shane Mauss is an American comedian from Onalaska, Wisconsin. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Between 2010 and 2015, he released three comedy albums, one of which has been released as a television special ; he also stars in the documentary film Psychonautics: A Comic's Exploration Of Psychedelics (2018).