What Gifts Engender
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What Gifts Engender
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Author : Rena Lederman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986
What Gifts Engender written by Rena Lederman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Social Science categories.
Gift exchange plays a crucial role in the social and political organization of Mendi in Papua New Guinea. This book reveals how considerable light can be shed on Mendi society, particularly on its political economy, by examining both the well-known ceremonial exchange festivals and the hitherto relatively little-studied everyday gift-giving practices. The author shows that the latter are crucial for understanding inter-group politics, the process of leadership, male-female relationships and the status of women, and the production, distribution and circulation of wealth. Currently the only book available on this society, the work offers an unusual combination of a social structural analysis with a study of local history and change. It is also of interest for its integration of the study of gift exchange and politics with the study of gender roles and relationships.
The Logic Of The Gift
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Author : Alan D. Schrift
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-01
The Logic Of The Gift written by Alan D. Schrift and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Philosophy categories.
The theme of the gift can be located at the center of current discussions of deconstruction, gender and feminist theory, ethics, philosophy, anthropology, and economics: it is, simply, one of the primary focal points at which contemporary interdisciplinary discourses intersect. Into this context comes a new, indispensable volume. The Logic of the Gift offers several important essays on gifts and gift-giving that are often referred to but seldom read, and adds to them new essays written especially for this collection.
The Gift Of Kinship
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Author : Edward LiPuma
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988
The Gift Of Kinship written by Edward LiPuma and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Social Science categories.
Edward LiPuma presents an ethnography of Maring social organization in order to develop a generative theory of Highland societies.
Persistence Of The Gift
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Author : Mike Evans
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2001-12-06
Persistence Of The Gift written by Mike Evans and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-06 with Business & Economics categories.
A detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of how traditional Tongan values continue to play key roles in the way that Tongans make their way in the modern world.
The Collectors Of Lost Souls
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Author : Warwick Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-27
The Collectors Of Lost Souls written by Warwick Anderson and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with Medical categories.
This astonishing story links first-contact encounters in New Guinea with laboratory experiments in Bethesda, Maryland; sorcery with science; cannibalism with compassion; and slow viruses with infectious proteins, reshaping our understanding of what it means to do science.
Readings In Indigenous Religions
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Author : Graham Harvey
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2002-08-27
Readings In Indigenous Religions written by Graham Harvey and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-27 with Religion categories.
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
A Handbook Of Economic Anthropology Second Edition
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Author : James G. Carrier
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
A Handbook Of Economic Anthropology Second Edition written by James G. Carrier and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Acclaim for the first edition: 'The volume is a remarkable contribution to economic anthropology and will no doubt be a fundamental tool for students, scholars, and experts in the sub-discipline.' – Mao Mollona, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 'This excellent overview would serve as an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level classroom use. . . Because of the clarity, conciseness, and accessibility of the writing, the chapters in this volume likely will be often cited and recommended to those who want the alternative and frequently culturally comparative perspective on economic topics that anthropology provides. Highly recommended. All academic levels/libraries.' – K.F. Rambo, Choice The first edition of this unique Handbook was praised for its substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work by anthropologists on economic processes and issues, on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life and on the conceptual orientations that are important among economic anthropologists. This thoroughly revised edition brings those discussions up to date, and includes an important new section exploring ways that leading anthropologists have approached the current economic crisis. Its scope and accessibility make it useful both to those who are interested in a particular topic and to those who want to see the breadth and fruitfulness of an anthropological study of economy. This comprehensive Handbook will strongly appeal to undergraduate and post-graduate students in anthropology, economists interested in social and cultural dimensions of economic life, and alternative approaches to economic life, political economists, political scientists and historians.
The Metamorphoses Of Kinship
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Author : Maurice Godelier
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2012-03-03
The Metamorphoses Of Kinship written by Maurice Godelier and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-03 with Social Science categories.
With marriage in decline, divorce on the rise, the demise of the nuclear family, and the increase in marriages and adoptions among same-sex partners, it is clear that the structures of kinship in the modern West are in a state of flux. In The Metamorphoses of Kinship, the world-renowned anthropologist Maurice Godelier contextualizes these developments, surveying the accumulated experience of humanity with regard to such phenomena as the organization of lines of descent, sexuality and sexual prohibitions. In parallel, Godelier studies the evolution of Western conjugal and familial traditions from their roots in the nineteenth century to the present. The conclusion he draws is that it is never the case that a man and a woman are sufficient on their own to raise a child, and nowhere are relations of kinship or the family the keystone of society. Godelier argues that the changes of the last thirty years do not herald the disappearance or death agony of kinship, but rather its remarkable metamorphosis—one that, ironically, is bringing us closer to the “traditional” societies studied by ethnologists.
Stone Tools Society
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Author : Mark Edmonds
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Stone Tools Society written by Mark Edmonds and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Social Science categories.
Stone tools are the most durable and, in some cases, the only category of material evidence that students of prehistory have at their disposal. Exploring the changing character and context of stone tools in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain, Mark Edmonds examines the varied ways in which these artefacts were caught up in the fabric of past social life. Key themes include:stone tool procurement and production * the nature of technological traditions * stone tools and social identity * the nature of exchange and the significance of depositional practices. As well as contributing to current debate about the interpretation of material culture, Dr. Edmonds uses the evidence of stone tools to reconsider some of the major horizons of change in later British prehistory.From the production of tools at spectacularly located quarries to their ceremonial burial or destruction at ritual monuments, this well-illustrated study demonstrates that our understanding of these varied and sometimes enigmatic artefacts requires a concern with their social, as well as their practical dimensions.
Beyond The Second Sex
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Author : Peggy Reeves Sanday
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1990
Beyond The Second Sex written by Peggy Reeves Sanday and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Social Science categories.
Addresses the conflict, contradictions and ambiguities that are often encountered in field research.
