Structure and Process in a Melanesian Society: Ponam's Progress in the Twentieth Century - Couverture rigide

Carrier, A.H.; Carrier, J.G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3718651491 ISBN 13 : 9783718651498

Editeur : Harwood-Academic Publishers, 1991

Synopsis

First Published in 1991. In the 1980s many anthropologists rejected the classic concern with the structure and logic of social organisation and embraced instead a concern with process, with the fluidity of events and individual strategy. Through its analysis of a Melanesian society and the ways it has changed in the twentieth century this book addresses the relationship between the classic structural approach and the more recent processual one. The society analysed is Ponam, located on a small island in Papua New Guinea. The book describes Ponam kinship and ceremonial exchange, and so compliments the authors’' analysis of Onam economic organisation in 'Wage, Tarde and Exchange in Melanesia'. Like its companion volume, this book locates Ponanm in its broader social, political and economic environment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Achsah and James Carrier studies Ponam society over a period of eight tears. After thirteen months of fieldwork they moved to Port Moresby and taught for seven years at the University of Papua New Guinea, frequently returning to Ponam. Since 1987 they have lived in Charlottesville in the US.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harwood-Academic Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3718651491
• ISBN 13: 9783718651498
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 284
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