Rena Lederman

What Gifts Engender

Social Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gift exchange plays a crucial role in the social and political organization of Mendi in Papua New Guinea.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780521104999
• ISBN-10: 0521104998
• Artikelnr.: 25855410

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mendi coming into view
2. Sem relations: solidarity and its limits
3. Twem: personal exchange partnerships
4. Gender ideology and the politics of exchange
5. Twem and sem in context
6. Sai le at Senkre: the politics of a Pig Festival
7. 'Development' in Mendi.