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The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society New edition
Nancy D. Munn
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The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society New edition
Nancy D. Munn
Deals with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring.
352 pages, 5 line drawings, 16 photographs
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 13, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780822312703 |
| Publishers | Duke University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 134 × 197 × 7 mm · 480 g |
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