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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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New Haven, Conn. : Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture, c1995.
Description:	59 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Yale-Smithsonian reports on material culture, 1080-0530 ; no. 4 Yale-Smithsonian reports on material culture ; no. 4.
Subject:	Gifts -- Congresses. Ceremonial exchange -- Congresses. Gifts -- Indonesia -- Congresses. Ceremonial exchange -- Indonesia -- Congresses. Ceremonial exchange. Gifts. Manners and customs. Indonesia -- Social life and customs -- Congresses. Indonesia. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8514989

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Varying Form of Title:	Report of a Yale-Smithsonian seminar
Other authors / contributors:	Thatcher, Patricia. Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953- Hoover, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Adams) Smithsonian Institution. Yale University. Yale-Smithsonian Seminar on Material Culture (1991 : Washington, D.C.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-59).

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.