Gift-Giving in Japan: Cash, Connections, Cosmologies

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.

Author: Katherine Rupp
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 06/10/2003
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.44h x 6.34w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780804747042

About the Author
Katherine Rupp is a Research Affiliate at Yale University's Department of Anthropology.