Society and Exchange in Nias (Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Society and Exchange in Nias (Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology) Book

Based on two years of field research, this book is about kinship and ceremonial gift-exchange in Nias, an island in Indonesia. It includes a detailed account of "feasts of merit" at which chiefs give away vast sums of wealth to win prestige and fame. With this analysis, Beatty hopes to shed new light on relation among gift-exchange, status, and power--with equal attention to the pragmatic and ideological concerns of the participants.Read More

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  • 0198278659
  • 9780198278658
  • Andrew Beatty
  • 16 April 1992
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 344
  • illustrated edition
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