Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History - Andrew Strathern - Books - Kent State University Press - 9780873386616 - July 7, 2000
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Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History

Andrew Strathern

Arrow Talk: Transaction, Transition and Contradiction in New Guinea Highlands History

In a postmodern era in which culture has been dismissed by many anthropologists as a reification, this study argues for cultural holism by showing how symbolic, psychological, religious and linguistic factors have shaped Melpa responses to political and economic crises.


224 pages, 18 halftones, maps

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 7, 2000
ISBN13 9780873386616
Publishers Kent State University Press
Pages 224
Dimensions 156 × 234 × 14 mm   ·   272 g

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