The 'Social death' of unused gifts: Surplus and value in contemporary Japan

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-408

  Daniels, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Domestic arena; Gifts; Japan; Loss; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMMODITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70349172003     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183509106426     Document Type: Article

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