The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 4)
ISBN-13:
9780521079877
ISBN-10:
052107987X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Andrew Strathern
Publication date:
1971
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
270 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780521079877
ISBN-10:
052107987X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Andrew Strathern
Publication date:
1971
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
270 pages
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The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 4) (ISBN-13: 9780521079877 and ISBN-10: 052107987X), written by authors
Andrew Strathern, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1971.
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In the Mount Hagen area of central New Guinea, warfare has been replaced since the arrival of the Europeans by a vigorous development of moka, a competitive ceremonial exchange of wealth objects. The exchanges of pigs, shells and other valuables are interpreted as acting as a bond between groups, and as a means whereby individuals, notably the big-men, can maximize their status. Professor Strathern analyses the ways in which competition between big-men actually takes place, and the effects of this competition on the overall political system.
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