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UNINA9910496148103321 |
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Autore |
Weiner James F. |
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Titolo |
The heart of the pearl shell : the mythological dimension of Foi sociality / / James F. Weiner |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [1988] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Studies in Melanesian anthropology ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foi (Papua New Guinean people) |
Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania |
History & Archaeology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Australian National University). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Ethnographic Setting -- The Responsibility of Males -- Oil, Shells, and Meat: The Media of Foi Sociality -- The Solicitude of Affines -- Metaphor and Substitution -- Obviation and Myth -- Intersexual Mediation -- Female Reproductivity -- The Anxiety of Affines -- Complementarity, Exchange, and Reciprocity -- The Hidden Myth. |
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