The Resource Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving, Annette B. Weiner
Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving, Annette B. Weiner
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- Summary
- Inalienable Possessions tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, Annette Weiner investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Reciprocity, she says, is only the superficial aspect of exchange, which overlays much more politically powerful strategies of "keeping-while-giving."The
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Afterword: The Challenge of Inalienable Possessions
- Isbn
- 9780520911802
- Label
- Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving
- Title
- Inalienable possessions
- Title remainder
- the paradox of keeping-while-giving
- Statement of responsibility
- Annette B. Weiner
- Subject
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- Anthropologie économique -- Océanie -- Méthodologie
- Antropologia econômica
- Ceremonial exchange
- Ceremonial exchange -- Oceania
- Don -- Anthropologie
- Economic anthropology -- Methodology
- Economic anthropology -- Oceania -- Methodology
- Electronic books
- Feminist anthropology
- Feminist anthropology -- Oceania
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions sociales
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions sociales
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions économiques
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions économiques
- Mulheres (condições econômicas)
- Oceania
- Anthropologie économique -- Océanie
- Ozeanien
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- Sociale ruil
- Sociedades primitivas (aspectos econômicos)
- Tausch
- Vrouwen
- Women -- Economic conditions
- Women -- Oceania -- Economic conditions
- Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions
- Women -- Social conditions
- Échange cérémoniel -- Océanie
- Échange cérémoniel -- Océanie
- Ökonomische Anthropologie
- Océanie -- Moeurs et coutumes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Inalienable Possessions tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender in an exciting challenge to accepted theories of reciprocity and marriage exchange. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, Annette Weiner investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Reciprocity, she says, is only the superficial aspect of exchange, which overlays much more politically powerful strategies of "keeping-while-giving."The
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weiner, Annette B.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ceremonial exchange
- Women
- Women
- Economic anthropology
- Feminist anthropology
- Échange cérémoniel
- Femmes
- Femmes
- Anthropologie économique
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Ceremonial exchange
- Economic anthropology
- Feminist anthropology
- Women
- Women
- Oceania
- Sociale ruil
- Vrouwen
- Tausch
- Ökonomische Anthropologie
- Ozeanien
- Sociedades primitivas (aspectos econômicos)
- Antropologia econômica
- Mulheres (condições econômicas)
- Femmes
- Femmes
- Échange cérémoniel
- Anthropologie économique
- Don
- Océanie
- Label
- Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving, Annette B. Weiner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Afterword: The Challenge of Inalienable Possessions
- Control code
- ocm44958210
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520911802
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt1c78
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)44958210
- Label
- Inalienable possessions : the paradox of keeping-while-giving, Annette B. Weiner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Afterword: The Challenge of Inalienable Possessions
- Control code
- ocm44958210
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 232 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520911802
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt1c78
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)44958210
Subject
- Anthropologie économique -- Océanie -- Méthodologie
- Antropologia econômica
- Ceremonial exchange
- Ceremonial exchange -- Oceania
- Don -- Anthropologie
- Economic anthropology -- Methodology
- Economic anthropology -- Oceania -- Methodology
- Electronic books
- Feminist anthropology
- Feminist anthropology -- Oceania
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions sociales
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions sociales
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions économiques
- Femmes -- Océanie -- Conditions économiques
- Mulheres (condições econômicas)
- Oceania
- Anthropologie économique -- Océanie
- Ozeanien
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
- Sociale ruil
- Sociedades primitivas (aspectos econômicos)
- Tausch
- Vrouwen
- Women -- Economic conditions
- Women -- Oceania -- Economic conditions
- Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions
- Women -- Social conditions
- Échange cérémoniel -- Océanie
- Échange cérémoniel -- Océanie
- Ökonomische Anthropologie
- Océanie -- Moeurs et coutumes
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