Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat. A comparative Study of New Guinea Societies.
by Rubel, Paula G.; Rosman, abraham
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0708117538
- ISBN 13
- 9780708117538
- Seller
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About This Item
Canberra: Australian National University, 1978. xvi, 368pp, index, bibliography, diagrams. Or brown cloth in jacket. As new. Pigs, yams, women and valuables are items of exchange throughout Papua New Guinea. Ceremonial exchange does not arise from economic necessity, rather a social phenomenon reflecting interplay between kinship and marriage structures, the nature of political leadership and the religious and symbolic systems found in these cultures. This work copares 13 New Guinea societies focusing on these distinctive ceremonial exchanges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048409
- Title
- Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat. A comparative Study of New Guinea Societies.
- Author
- Rubel, Paula G.; Rosman, abraham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0708117538
- ISBN 13
- 9780708117538
- Publisher
- Australian National University
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Papua New Guinea PNG Melanesia Pacific Ethnography Anthropology Social Exchange Society Tor Keraki Banaro Iatmul Abelam Arapesh Wogeo Maring Manga Kuma Chimbu Melpa Enga Kinship Marriage Ceremony Ritual
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacific; Papua & New Guinea; Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology;
- Size
- 8vo
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Lawrence Jones
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Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
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