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Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts : Representing the Chambri in the World System
Twisted Histories Altered Contexts Representing the Chambri in the World System
Author: Deborah B. Gewertz, Frederick K. Errington
Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington have worked as anthropologists in Papua New Guinea for nearly two decades. In this, their second joint study of the Chambri, they consider the way those in a small-scale society, peripheral to the major centers of influence, struggle to sustain some degree of autonomy. They describe the Chambri caught up i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521400121
ISBN-10: 0521400120
Publication Date: 6/28/1991
Pages: 278
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Classic work of social anthropology, but not so stuffy you won't enjoy reading it.


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