Arrow talk : transaction, transition, and contradiction in New Guinea highlands history / Andrew Str...
Arrow talk : transaction, transition, and contradiction in New Guinea highlands history / Andrew Str...
Arrow talk : transaction, transition, and contradiction in New Guinea highlands history / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart.
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Publisher
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2000.
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N306.09956/ 1
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English
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Physical content
xi, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Publisher
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2000.
Place of Publication
Ohio
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"Arrow Talk makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Melanesian culture and contemporary sociopolitical issues in Papua New Guinea. In a post-modern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this book makes a cogent argument for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious...
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Arrow talk : transaction, transition, and contradiction in New Guinea highlands history / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-208) and index.
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c2000.
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N306.09956/ 1
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74VvkJD4gmPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkJD4gmPd
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ISBN
0873386612(pbk.) :
9780873386616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0873386612 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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DDC
306.099565
MMS ID
991013831769702626
