Ku Waru

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Language and Segmentary Politics in the Western Nebilyer Valley, Papua New Guinea

Автор: Francesca MerlanAlan Rumsey

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: Cambridge University Press

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The highlanders of New Guinea are renowned for their elaborate systems of ceremonial exchange. Altho...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Francesca MerlanAlan Rumsey

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

1991

страници

410

EAN

9780521323390

ISBN

0521323398

Enbook ID

02027642

Издател

Cambridge University Press

Теглоt

744

Размери

156 x 234 x 24

Пълно описание

The highlanders of New Guinea are renowned for their elaborate systems of ceremonial exchange. Although much has been written about them, previous accounts have concentrated far less on the conduct of exchange events than on the structure of exchange systems. This 1991 book deals centrally with the conduct of particular exchange events, and shows through examination of them how larger social structures are reproduced and transformed. As part of the emphasis on exchange as social action, the book closely examines the oratory that plays a crucial part in the events. Basing their study on original fieldwork carried out in the Nebilyer Valley, Francesca Merlan and Alan Rumsey focus on an inter related set of large-scale compensation payments which arose out of an episode of warfare. This book furthers our understanding of the interaction between social structures and historical events; and particularly of the crucial role of talk. It will be of special interest to anthropologists and linguists.

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