Inalienable Possessions : The Paradox of Keeping-While Giving
Annette B. Weiner
Bok Engelsk 1992 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Berkeley, Calif. ; London : : University of California Press, , c1992.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (263 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; Introduction; Chapter 1 Inalienable Possessions: The Forgotten Dimension; Chapter 2 Reconfiguring Exchange Theory: The Maori Hau; Chapter 3 The Sibling Incest Taboo: Polynesian Cloth and Reproduction; Chapter 4 The Defeat of Hierarchy: Cosmological Authentication in Australia and New Guinea Bones and Stones; Chapter 5 Kula: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving; Afterword: The Challenge of Inalienable Possessions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - 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-whi
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| Emner | Ceremonial exchange - Oceania
Economic anthropology - Methodology - Oceania Feminist anthropology - Oceania Women - Economic conditions - Oceania Vis mer... Women - Social conditions - Oceania
Economic anthropology -- Oceania -- Methodology. Women -- Oceania -- Economic conditions. Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions. Antropologi Byttehandel Ethnic & Race Studies Gaver Gender & Ethnic Studies Kvinner Oseania Social Sciences Økonomi feminist anthropology byttehandel antropologi kvinner økonomi oceania sermonier women gaver økonomisk bytte |
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| ISBN | 0520076036. - 0520076044
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