The Rope Of Moka
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The Rope Of Moka
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Author : Marilyn Strathern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Rope Of Moka written by Marilyn Strathern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
The Rope Of Moka
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Author : Andrew Strathern
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1971-07-02
The Rope Of Moka written by Andrew Strathern and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-07-02 with History categories.
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.
The Rope Of Moka Big Men And Ceremonial Exchange In Mount Hagen New Guinea
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Author : Andrew Strathern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Rope Of Moka Big Men And Ceremonial Exchange In Mount Hagen New Guinea written by Andrew Strathern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
The Rope Of Moka
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Author : Andrew J. Strathern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Rope Of Moka written by Andrew J. Strathern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
The Question Of The Gift
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Author : Mark Osteen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
The Question Of The Gift written by Mark Osteen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Social Science categories.
The Question of the Gift is the first collection of new interdisciplinary essays on the gift. Bringing together scholars from a variety of fields, including anthropology, literary criticism, economics, philosophy and classics, it provides new paradigms and poses new questions concerning the theory and practice of gift exchange. In addressing these questions, contributors not only challenge the conventions of their fields, but also combine ideas and methods from both the social sciences and humanities to forge innovative ways of confronting this universal phenomenon.
The Gender Of The Gift
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Author : Marilyn Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1988
The Gender Of The Gift written by Marilyn Strathern and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations in Melanesia have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. The book treats with equal seriousness, and with equal good humour, the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life.
Dream Travelers
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Author : R. Lohmann
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-11-13
Dream Travelers written by R. Lohmann and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-13 with Social Science categories.
In dreams, part of the self seems to wander off to undertake both mundane tasks and marvellous adventures. Anthropologists have found that many peoples take this experience of dreaming at face value, assuming that their spirits literally leave the body to travel, meet other spirits, and acquire valuable knowledge - with dramatic consequence for relationships, social organization, and religions. Dream Travellers is about Melanesian, Aboriginal Australian, and Indonesian peoples who hold this assumption. Several leading anthropologists contribute theoretically and ethnographically rich chapters, showing that attention to these peoples' dream lives deeply enhances our understanding of their cultures and waking lives as well.
Nameless Relations
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Author : Monica Konrad
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2005
Nameless Relations written by Monica Konrad and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Medical categories.
"Konrad has produced an exceptionally interesting and totally original book . . . a major contribution to social theory." - Marilyn Strathern, Cambridge University Based on the author's fieldwork at assisted conception clinics in England in the mid-1990s, this is the first ethnographic study of the new procreative practices of anonymous ova and embryo donation. Giving voice to both groups of women participating in the demanding donation experience - the donors on the one side and the ever-hopeful IVF recipients on the other - Konrad shows how one dimension of the new reproductive technologies involves an unfamiliar relatedness between nameless and untraceable procreative strangers. Offsetting informants' local narratives against traditional Western folk models of the 'sexed' reproductive body, the book challenges some of the basic assumptions underlying conventional biomedical discourse of altruistic donation that clinicians and others promote as "gifts of life." It brings together a wide variety of literatures from social anthropology, social theory, cultural studies of science and technology, and feminist bioethics to discuss the relationship between recent developments in biotechnology and changing conceptions of personal origins, genealogy, kinship, biological ownership and notions of bodily integrity.
Americans In Tuscany
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Author : Catherine Trundle
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Americans In Tuscany written by Catherine Trundle and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Social Science categories.
Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social exclusion, unfamiliar family relations, and new cultural terrain, many women struggle to build local lives. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. This book traces women’s daily acts of charity as they gave food to the poor, fundraised among the wealthy, monitored untrustworthy recipients, assessed the needy, and reflected on the emotional work that charity required. In exploring the often-ignored role of charitable action in migrant community formation, Trundle contributes to anthropological theories of gift giving, compassion, and reflexivity.
Ritual
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Author : Andrew Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-05-15
Ritual written by Andrew Strathern and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-15 with Social Science categories.
This volume consists of a number of carefully-selected readings that represent a wide range of discussions and theorizing about ritual. The selection encompasses definitional questions, issues of interpretation, meaning, and function, and a roster of ethnographic and analytical topics, covering classic themes such as ancestor worship and sacrifice, initiation, gender, healing, social change, and shamanic practices, as well as recent critical and reconstructive theorizing on embodiment, performance, and performativity. In their Introduction to the volume, the Editors provide an overall survey and critical consideration of topics, incorporating insights from their own long-term field research and reflections on the readings included. The Introduction and readings together provide a unique research tool for those interested in pursuing the study of ritual processes in depth, with the benefit of both historical and contemporary approaches.