The exchange
of gifts is a common practice for many people around the world. It is a fitting
topic for research considering that people engage in this activity without knowing
exactly why people do such and the reason behind the exchange of gifts. While
many people give gifts without expecting anything in return, it is normal for
those who receive the gift to think of ways to return the favor given, maybe
in the form of a gift or a favor.
The research
paper will cover the reasons why people engage in exchange of gifts and the
value attached to every gift given. To give answer to these questions, reliable
sources will be used. The article, Gifts and Exchange will be used as it
has a lot of information on how giving has become normal and expected during
certain seasons and how gifts become valuable due to “some magical essence of
the giver”(Wilk & Cliggett, 154). Moreover, the article Gift or
Commodity: What Changes Hands in the U.S. Garage Sale provides a unique
view of how garage sales serve as an avenue for the exchange of gifts in the
form of the used commodities that are sold at low prices. In addition, the
article, The Gift of Strawberries will also be utilized in the research.
It gives a meaning to gift giving as it shows how the love exerted behind the
gift giving is more valuable than the value of the gift itself.
To add more
information for the research, the article, The Gift Giving Influence will
be used to give insight on the gift giving in the medical field. It gives an
important lesson on how gifts could impose a sense of indebtedness. Lastly, the
article Giving and Receiving Gifts: One Perspective gives support to the
previous article as it explains how the space between a healthcare
provider and the giver’s attitude can be narrow. This article is important as
this gives ideas from the Japanese point of view.
References
Herrmann G.
(1997). Gift or Commodity: What Changes Hands in the U.S. Garage Sale?
JSTOR.
Kimmerer, R.
(2014). The Gift of Strawberries. Braiding Sweetgrass
Sierles, F.,
MD. (2006). The Gift-Giving Influence. AMA Journal of Ethics. Retrieved
from
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/gift-…
Takayama, J.
(2001). Giving and Receiving Gifts: One Perspective. Western Journal of
Medicine.
Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10715…
. Wilk, R.
& Cliggett. (1996). Gifts and Exchange. Economies and Culture
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