Names are thicker than blood: kinship and ownership amongst the iatmul
Auteur :
Moutu, Andrew
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780197264454
Date de publication :
11 avr. 2013
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,3 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
528 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is an ethnographic study of kinship and the nature and behaviour of ownership amongst the much-studied Sepik River Iatmul people. Written from the viewpoint of a Melanesian scholar, this book seeks to re-think anthropology's central assumptions about social relations.