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Strategic affection? Gift exchange in Seventeenth-Century Holland
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Abstract Gifts, from objects to hospitality and from poems to support, are a means of establishing and maintaining social ties. This study focuses on the nature of seventeenth- century Dutch social relations through the exchange of gifts by a wide range of individuals, from schoolmaster and artisan to poet a... view more
Gifts, from objects to hospitality and from poems to support, are a means of establishing and maintaining social ties. This study focuses on the nature of seventeenth- century Dutch social relations through the exchange of gifts by a wide range of individuals, from schoolmaster and artisan to poet and regent. Their gift-exchange behaviour is compared to contemporary gift exchange to show that both strategy and affection are necessary elements of social relations at any given time, and that what changes most is not the system but the discourse of exchange.... view less
Keywords
Netherlands; seventeenth century; gift; social relations; commitment; friendship
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Document language
German
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ. Press
City
Amsterdam
Page/Pages
288 p.
Series
Solidarity and Identity
ISBN
978-90-5356-811-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed