The flow of gifts
Subtitle: reciprocity and social networks in a Chinese village
By: Yunxiang Yan.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Gifts -- China.; China -- Social life and customs.
Description: Gift-giving is a classic topic in anthropology, where on-going debates involve the principle of reciprocity, the spirit of the gift, and the relationship between gifts and commodities. But the topic has been surprisingly little studied in the Chinese context except for the form of instrumental exchange known as networking or guanxi.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.