Title Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving / Annette B. Weiner.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [1992]
	©1992

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GN662 .W45 1992	Available	---

Description	xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.
Contents	Inalienable possessions : the forgotten dimension -- Reconfiguring exchange theory : the Maori Hau -- The sibling incest taboo : Polynesian cloth and reproduction -- The defeat of hierarchy : cosmological authentication in Australia and New Guinea bones and stones -- Kula : the paradox of keeping-while-giving.
Subject	Ceremonial exchange -- Oceania.
	Ceremonial exchange.
	Oceania.
	Women -- Oceania -- Economic conditions.
	Women.
	Economic conditions.
	Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
	Economic anthropology -- Oceania -- Methodology.
	Economic anthropology.
	Methodology.
	Feminist anthropology -- Oceania.
	Feminist anthropology.
	Échange cérémoniel -- Océanie.
	Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions économiques.
	Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions sociales.
	Anthropologie économique -- Océanie -- Méthodologie.
Indexed Term	Feminist anthropology.
Subject	Sociale ruil.
	Vrouwen.
	8.
	Women.
	Womyn.
ISBN	0520076036 alkaline paper
	0520076044 paperback alkaline paper