Gift Giving in Anthropological Perspective

1983/09/01 by John F. Sherry, John F. Sherry, Jr. · 904 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Advertising #Anthropology #Art #Business #Computer science #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #Consumer research #Cultural Differences and Values #Library science #Perspective (graphical) #Psychology of Social Influence #Sociology #Visual arts

paper · doi:10.1086/208956

published in Journal of Consumer Research 10(2), 157 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

Journal Article Gift Giving in Anthropological Perspective Get access John F. Sherry, Jr. John F. Sherry, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 10, Issue 2, September 1983, Pages 157–168, 10.1086/208956 Published: 01 September 1983 Article history Received: 01 January 1983 Revision received: 01 June 1983 Published: 01 September 1983

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