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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent view of another culture!
I really enjoyed this close-up view of various aspects of gift-giving in another culture. It was a fact-packed book with much to teach.
Published 18 months ago by L. Landry
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Not much of a read
I had a number of problems with this book. The good parts were that it contained much information on the regulation of gifts in a small community over a certain period of time. This is the kind of contextualization that really should be apllied to any anthropological work. Unfortunately, an eye towards the readers is something I also believe should be included...
Published on June 21, 2000 by sloss
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent view of another culture!,
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This review is from: The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed this close-up view of various aspects of gift-giving in another culture. It was a fact-packed book with much to teach.
4 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not much of a read,
This review is from: The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village (Paperback)
I had a number of problems with this book. The good parts were that it contained much information on the regulation of gifts in a small community over a certain period of time. This is the kind of contextualization that really should be apllied to any anthropological work. Unfortunately, an eye towards the readers is something I also believe should be included. Specifically, I don't think there should be much line between literature and science in a field that cannot possibly hope to perform like a physical science. Trying to gauge human interaction on a scale does not work in my opinion. Since that's what this book attempts to do, it bugs me. As a piece of anthropology concerning gift giving in rural China, it is actually quite good. But only if that's your bag.
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The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village by Yunxiang Yan (Paperback - May 1996)
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