Gift-Giving in Japan
Subtitle: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: June 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780804747035
Subjects: Customs; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; Japan; Customs & Traditions; Social Science; Social life and customs; National characteristics, Japa; Anthropology - General; Asia - General; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Ceremonial exchange; General; Gifts; National characteristics, Japanese
First sentence: In Japan, as in many other parts of the world, the giving of gifts is extremely important.