Ku Waru. Language and segmentary politics in the western Nebilyer Valley, Papua New Guinea.
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1991. Stock ID #66972 This study based on original fieldwork carried out in the Nebilyer Valley, one of the areas of the highlands known for its elaborate systems of ceremonial exchange, focuses on an inter-related set of large-scale compensation payments which arose out of an episode of warfare. This cycle is particularly remarkable as women had stopped the fighting and participated for the first time as transactors and orators in the ensuing exchange events. This book furthers our understanding of the interaction between social structures and historical events; and particularly of the crucial role of talk. (From the publisher's description). When referring to this item please quote stockid 66972.
387pp, appendix, glossary, notes, reference, index, spine sunned, very good in dustjacket.
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