The gift as material culture : report of a Yale-Smithsonian seminar held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 28-30, 1991 /

The gift as material culture : report of a Yale-Smithsonian seminar held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 28-30, 1991 /

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Corporate Authors: Smithsonian Institution., Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture (1991 : Washington, D.C.)

Other Authors: Thatcher, Patricia., Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953-, Hoover, Cynthia A.

Format: Conference Proceeding Book

Language: English

Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture, c1995.

Series: Yale-Smithsonian reports on material culture, 1080-0530 ; no. 4.

Subjects:

Ceremonial exchange > Indonesia > Congresses.
Gifts > Indonesia > Congresses.
Indonesia > Social life and customs > Congresses.

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Call Number: ( P )GT3040 .G53 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Perspectives on the gift in Indonesia and beyond / Paul Michael Taylor
  • Wedding gifts and marital alliances
  • Gifts in economic perspective
  • Power and propitiation: political and religious aspects of gift giving
  • Conclusion and questions for further study.