Society and Exchange in Nias (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

• Authors: Beatty - Andrew - Andrew Beatty - BEATTY Andrew
• ISBN 10: 0198278659
• ISBN 13: 9780198278658
• Release: June 4, 1992
• Format: Hardcover (344 pages)
• List Price: $79.00
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  List Price: $79.00

  Tags: Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Anthropology,

  Book Description:
  Based on two years of field research, this book is about kinship and ceremonial gift-exchange in Nias, an island in Indonesia. It includes a detailed account of "feasts of merit" at which chiefs give away vast sums of wealth to win prestige and fame. With this analysis, Beatty hopes to shed new light on relation among gift-exchange, status, and power--with equal attention to the pragmatic and ideological concerns of the participants.

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