Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Foster, Robert John (University of Rochester, New York) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521483322 - April 27, 1995
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Foster, Robert John (University of Rochester, New York)
Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Mortuary rites are a feature of social reproduction in much of Melanesia, and this study combines both ethnographic and historical approaches to describe and interpret the large-scale feasts and ceremonial exchanges of gifts that follow upon death in the Tanga Islands, Papua New Guinea.

315 pages, 14 b/w illus. 3 maps 13 tables

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Released April 27, 1995
ISBN13 9780521483322
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 316
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 17 mm   ·   461 g
Language English  

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