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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.

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"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
"[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

Table of Contents
Contents 1 Examples of Giving 19 2 Strength of Relationship, Gratitude, and Hierarchy 36 3 Life Cycles 57 4 Seasonal Cycles 91 5 Variations in Attitudes toward and Practices of Giving 108 6 Conclusion 129 Character List 223 Bibliography 267 Index 293 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Gifts Japan, Ceremonial exchange Japan, National characteristics, Japanese, Japan Social life and customs, Japan Economic conditions

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 10 June 2003
      ISBN-13 9780804747042
      978-0804747042
      ISBN-10 0804747040
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      Sociology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade 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
      "[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

      Table of Contents
      Contents 1 Examples of Giving 19 2 Strength of Relationship, Gratitude, and Hierarchy 36 3 Life Cycles 57 4 Seasonal Cycles 91 5 Variations in Attitudes toward and Practices of Giving 108 6 Conclusion 129 Character List 223 Bibliography 267 Index 293 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Gifts Japan, Ceremonial exchange Japan, National characteristics, Japanese, Japan Social life and customs, Japan Economic conditions

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