Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat. A comparative Study of New Guinea Societies.

Language: English

Published by Australian National University, Canberra, 1978

0708117538 / 9780708117538

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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. Size: 8vo.

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Title
Your Own Pigs You May Not Eat. A comparative Study of New Guinea Societies.
Author
Rubel, Paula G.; Rosman, abraham.
Publisher
Australian National University, Canberra
Publication year
1978
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Hard Cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0708117538
ISBN 13
9780708117538
Edition
First Edition.
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Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology, Pacific, Papua & New Guinea

Lawrence Jones Books

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