Before examining exchange in the play, Newman takes time to discuss the idea of exchange as it relates to anthropology. ... Mauss argues gift-giving's significance as it establishes social bonds between the giver and receiver. ... Newman then recounts the French Feminist, Luce Irigaray's critique of Levi-Strauss, who argued that the exchange structure was crucial to social stability. ...

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