The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village by Yunxiang Yan

The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village

Yunxiang Yan

278 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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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 Chin...

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