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A Papuan plutocracy : ranked exchange on Rossel Island / John Liep

Liep, John, 1936-

Arhus ; Lancaster ; Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press, c2009

Online Ressource (xxxviii, 376 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps.

Englisch

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Københavns Universitet, 2007). - Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-363) and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

87-7934-670-7 (electronic bk.); 978-87-7934-670-3 (electronic bk.)

978-87-7934-670-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 87-7934-670-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-87-7934-446-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 87-7934-446-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-87-7934-446-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 812254060 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 818118062 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

GN671.N5 ; GN671.N5 L55 2009

990 ; 301.099541     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: HIS053000 ; bisacsh: HIS 053000

LOC-SH: Shell money -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island ; Social classes -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island ; Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs -- Papua New Guinea -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island ; Electronic books ; Shell money -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island ; Social classes -- Papua New Guinea -- Rossel Island ; Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs

Electronic books ; Papua New Guinea ; Papua New Guinea ; Rossel Island ; Shell money ; Social classes ; HISTORY ; Oceania ; Manners and customs

Prologue. Massim transformations -- The setting. Rossel Island ; Frameworks of practice ; Dimensions of power ; Economic domains -- Ranked exchange. Shell money and valuables ; The cycle of social reproduction ; The pig feast ; The remaining forms of payment ; The rules and practice of ranked exchange -- Epilogue. A Papuan plutocracy.

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The financial crisis has shown how money can become an instrument for power and greed. The nature of money and financial institutions has again become issues of importance. This will also be the case in anthropology. John Liep's long awaited monograph on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea analyzes an alternative monetary system. Liep studied the indigenous shell money for two years. The money is ranked in twenty classes. It is not a mean of market exchange but measure value in terms of status difference. It is paid in bridewealth, at pig feasts and for status symbols such as houses and canoes. O