ISBN: 9780708117538 - your own pigs you may not eat. a comparative study of new guinea societies. (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Australian National University Press, 1978. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. xvi, 368pp, index, bibliography, diagrams. Or brown cloth in jacket. As new. Pigs, yams, women and valuables are items of exchange throughout Papua New Guinea. Ceremonial exchange does not arise from economic necessity, rather a social phenomenon reflecting interplay between kinship and marriage structures, the nature of political leadership and the religious and symbolic systems found in these cultures. This work copares 13 New Guinea societies focusing on these distinctive ceremonial exchanges. Size: 8vo. …