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Fighting With Food: Leadership, Values and Social Control in a Massim Society
Fighting With Food Leadership Values and Social Control in a Massim Society
Author: Michael W. Young
The Melanesians of Goodenough Island, off the eastern coast of New Guinea, have developed the principle of gift-giving to an extraordinary degree. Instead of resorting to arms in their quarrels or demanding compensation for offences, they present enemies and offenders with pigs and yams in order to shame them. This custom of coercive gift-giving...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521082235
ISBN-10: 0521082234
Publication Date: 2/25/1972
Pages: 304
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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