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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
Andrew Strathern
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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