Strategic affection? : gift exchange in seventeenth-century Holland / Irma Thoen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thoen, Irma.

Series:

Solidarity and identity.

Solidarity and identity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gifts--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Gifts.

Netherlands--Social life and customs--17th century.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early days of humanity, gifts as varied as valued objects, hospitality, and works of art have been an essential means of establishing and maintaining social ties. Strategic Affection?, studies the exchange of gifts in order to explore the nature of seventeenth-century Dutch social relations. Looking at such widely divergent figures as schoolmasters, artisans, poets, and nobles, Irma Thoen compares seventeenth-century Dutch gifts with contemporary gift exchanges to show that both strategy and affection are necessary elements of any social relations - and that what changes most is not the system but the discourse of exchange.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Practices of Gift Exchange

Part II. Gifts and Meanings

Part III. Terms and Conditions of Exchange

Part IV. Comparison in Time

Conclusion

Notes

Sources

Literature

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611572006

9781281572004

1281572004

9789048503438

9048503434

9781429472654

1429472650

OCLC:

437107016

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access