Women of Value, Men of Renown: New Perspectives in Trobriand Exchange (Texas Press Sourcebooks in Anthropology)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0292790198
ISBN 13
9780292790193
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Pages
321
Description
This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, makes an interesting comparison with the work of pioneer ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted his seminal research there between 1915 and 1918. While Malinowski and others have focused on men, dismissing "women's work" as unimportant, Weiner shows that women play a vital role in Trobriand society. - from Amzon
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1
