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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-20 - Publisher: ANU Press
When we think of kinship, we usually think of ties between people based upon blood or marriage. But we also have other ways—nowadays called ‘performative’
Language: en
Pages: 276
Pages: 276
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-22 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
This volume deals with the children’s socialization on the Trobriands. After a survey of ethnographic studies on childhood, the book zooms in on indigenous id
Language: en
Pages: 239
Pages: 239
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-13 - Publisher: ANU Press
For 31 months between 1979 and 1995, James F. Weiner conducted anthropological research amongst the Foi people in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Language: en
Pages: 242
Pages: 242
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-29 - Publisher: Springer
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