| Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies Contributor(s): Rupp, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804747032 ISBN-13: 9780804747035 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: " [The author] displays not only acute observation of the content of gift-giving but also sensitivity to ambiguities of motives on the part of both giver and receiver." -- Asian Studies Review " Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies" is superbly written and an inspiring work which I recommend for students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding modern Japan and its people."-- Journal of Japanese Studies" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - History | Asia - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 394.095 |
| LCCN: 2003008098 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.34" W x 8.78" (0.93 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gift-giving is extremely important in Japanese society, not only at the personal and household levels, but at the national and macroeconomic levels as well. This book is the first in English to document the extraordinary scale, complexity, and variation of giving in contemporary Japan. |