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