单位社会下的礼物流动——以一次请客事件为例

礼物流动是学术界研究的传统领域。本文通过描述一次请客事件,分析在单位社会下的礼物流动情况。本文认为,表达祝福的请客宴会已经成为了一种手段,礼物的流动中,不同的人的礼金所包涵的意义是不同的,礼物体现了一个人的人际关系及其交往群体差序性,体现着社会的人情伦理和社会结构。

The Flow of Gifts in the Danwei Society--A Case Study of a Feast

The research about the flow of gifts is traditional in academic field.This paper pictures a case of feast and analyzes the flow of gifts in the Danwei society and argues that the feast which used to express good blessing now becomes an instrument.Different gifts have different meanings,which not only manifests the human relationship and the Diversity-orderly Structure between individuals and the Danwei society,but also reflects the emotional ethics and the social structure.