Big Men and Great Men: Personifications of Power in Melanesia by Maurice Godelie

Description: Big Men and Great Men: Personifications of Power in Melanesia by Maurice Godelier The societies of Melanesia have been a constant stimulus to anthropological theory. In this collection of essays, anthropologists who have worked in all parts of the Melanesian region of the Pacific bring their expertise to bear on a single theoretical issue. This is a hypothesis formulated by Maurice Godelier concerning the relationship between power, kinship and wealth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The societies of Melanesia have been a constant stimulus to anthropological theory. In this collection of essays, anthropologists who have worked in all parts of the Melanesian region of the Pacific bring their expertise to bear on a single theoretical issue. This is a hypothesis formulated by Maurice Godelier concerning the relationship between power, kinship and wealth. Although tightly focused on Godeliers work, the book opens up a major enquiry into the constitution of society in a part of the world where men of prominence come to personify the nature of power. Big men, entrepreneurs of exchanges, and great men, who flourish in societies characterised by restricted exchanges and ritual complexity, appear to belong to quite different systems. This book considers how substantial the difference between them really is. Table of Contents Part I: 1. From great men to big men: peace, substitution and competition in the Highlands of New Guinea Pierre Lemonnier; 2; Great man, big man, chief: a triangulation of the Massim John Liep; 3. Soaring hawks and grounded persons: the politics of rank and gender in north Vanuatu Margaret Jolly; Part II: 4. Punishing the yams: leadership and gender ambivalence on Sabarl Island Debora Battaglia; 5. Great men and total systems: North Mekeo hereditary authority and social reproduction Mark Moska; 6 The cryptic brotherhood of big men and great men in Ilahita Donald Tuzin; 7. Complementarily and rivalry: two contradictory principles in Yafar society Bernard Juillerat; 8. How Oro Province societies fit Godeliers model Eric Schwimmer; Part III: 9. The fractal person Roy Wagner; 10. The flute myth and the law of equivalence: origins of a principle of exchange Gillian Allison; 11. One man and many men Marilyn Strathern; 12. Interests in exchange: increment, equivalence and the limits of big-manship Rena Lederman; 13. Post-Ipomoean modernism: the Duna example Nicholas Modjeska; 14. Big men, great men and women: alternative logics of gender difference Dan Jorgensen. Promotional "Headline" The societies of Melanesia have been a constant stimulus to anthropological theory. Description for Bookstore The societies of Melanesia have been a constant stimulus to anthropological theory. In this collection of essays, anthropologists who have worked in all parts of the Melanesian region of the Pacific bring their expertise to bear on a single theoretical issue. This is a hypothesis formulated by Maurice Godelier concerning the relationship between power, kinship and wealth. Description for Library The societies of Melanesia have been a constant stimulus to anthropological theory. In this collection of essays, anthropologists who have worked in all parts of the Melanesian region of the Pacific bring their expertise to bear on a single theoretical issue. This is a hypothesis formulated by Maurice Godelier concerning the relationship between power, kinship and wealth. Details ISBN0521102294 Short Title BIG MEN & GRT MEN Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521102294 ISBN-13 9780521102292 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 306.209 Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-12-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Personifications of Power in Melanesia Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Maurice Godelier Author Maurice Godelier Pages 348 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2008-12-11 AU Release Date 2008-12-11 NZ Release Date 2008-12-11 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91382335;

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