A Papuan plutocracy

ranked exchange on Rossel Island

By John Liep

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

Aarhus University Press,Gazelle [distributor],David Brown [distributor]

Language

eng

Pages

376

Description:

"This book is an ethnography of a Melanesian island, an exploration of ranked exchange and a critique of anthropologoical exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossl Island east of New Guinea."--Jacket.

subjects: Kula exchange, Ceremonial exchange, Massim (Papua New Guinean people), Social life and customs, Shell money, Rites and ceremonies, Social classes, Oceania, social conditions, Oceania, economic conditions

Places: Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea