ISBN:
0-12-183450-6
,
978-0-12-183450-0
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 264 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Studies in Anthropology (Academic Press) [20]
Keywords:
Brautpreis Mitgift
;
Eherecht
;
Frau und sozio-ökonomische Rolle
;
Frau und wirtschaftliche Rolle
;
Heirat
;
Melpa
;
Wiru
;
Mursi
;
Indonesien
;
Beduine
;
Twana
;
Mazedonien
Description / Table of Contents:
List of contributors -- Preface -- 1. Introduction, John Comaroff -- 2. The central and the contingent : bridewealth among the Melpa and the Wiru, A.J. Strathern -- 3. The economics of Mursi bridewealth: a comparative perspective, D. Turton -- 4. Marriage, exchange and the meaning of corporations in eastern Indonesia, R.H. Barnes -- 5. Aspects of Bedouin bridewealth among camel herders in Cyrenaica, E.L. Peters -- 6. Bridewealth and the control of ambiguity in a Tswana chiefdom, J.L. Comaroff -- 7. Kind bridewealth and hard cash: eventing a structure, D. Parkin -- 8. Dowry and wedding celebrations in Yugoslav Macedonia, D.B. Rheubottom -- Index
Note:
"Held at the University of Manchester in the winter of 1976-7, the symposium [...]" (Preface)Enthält eine Einführung und 7 Beiträge
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