Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia

Robert John (University of Rochester, New York) Foster

Cambridge University Press, 1995

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521483322
ISBN-10
0521483328
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
Publication date
1995-04-27
Pages
316
Dimensions
229x152x17
Weight
461