ISBN:
9780511558160
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (xv, 254 pages)
Serie:
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 4
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DDC:
301.29/95/5
Schlagwort(e):
Ceremonial exchange / Papua New Guinea
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Ethnology / Papua New Guinea / Hagen, Mount Region
Kurzfassung:
In the Mount Hagen area of central New Guinea, warfare has been replaced since the arrival of the Europeans by a vigorous development of moka, a competitive ceremonial exchange of wealth objects. The exchanges of pigs, shells and other valuables are interpreted as acting as a bond between groups, and as a means whereby individuals, notably the big-men, can maximize their status. Professor Strathern analyses the ways in which competition between big-men actually takes place, and the effects of this competition on the overall political system
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511558160
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