Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving /
Inalienable Possessions tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigin...
Основен автор: | Weiner, Annette B., 1933- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭1992.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=10128 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Inalienable possessions. |
Резюме: |
Inalienable Possessions tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, Annette Weiner investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Reciprocity, she says, is only the superficial aspect of exchange, which overlays much more politically powerful strategies of "keeping-while-giving."The. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780520911802 0520911806 0585108552 9780585108551 |