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Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Foster, Robert John (University of Rochester, New York)
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Social Reproduction and History in Melanesia: Mortuary Ritual, Gift Exchange, and Custom in the Tanga Islands - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Foster, Robert John (University of Rochester, New York)
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.
315 pages, 14 b/w illus. 3 maps 13 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 27, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521483322 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 316 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 461 g |
| Language | English |
