Description: The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount Hagen New Guinea (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 4) by Andrew Strathern (Author).-- HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD EX LIBRARY BOOK Cambridge University Press COPYRIGHT 1971)Language : EnglishHardcover : 270 pages.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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Subject: The Rope of Moka: Big-men and Ceremonial Exchange
Author: Andrew Strathern
Publication Name: Rope of Moka : Big-Men and Ceremonial Exchange in Mount HAGEN New Guinea
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser.
Publication Year: 1971
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 270 Pages
