Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… Image James Gillray, ‘The Bow of the Throne,-alias- the Begging Bow’, The British Museum, 1868,0808.5726, 1788. Abstract Gift-giving was an ubiquitous practice that fostered sociability by reflecting and strengthening the ties between … ambiguous, creating doubts about the motives and expectations of the giver and about the obligations of the receiver. Gifts could be disinterested, given between friends and equals, but also, in unequal relationships, instrumental or extorted. Deciding how to place a gift on this spectrum was often difficult, especially in colonial contexts where different cultural values were often at …
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