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Introduction -- Kinship and sand drawing -- The totalising third party -- The spirals of marriage -- Of yams and men -- The intentionality of ceremonial agency -- Displaying life after death -- The phenomenology of Ambrym exchange -- Conclusions: Denying the gift
"Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new …
Wine as commodity has received enormous academic attention, while wine as gift has largely eluded significant dedicated research and analysis. This book addresses this lacuna with insights from leading scholars from a range of disciplines exploring wine as gift in different mome…
Annotation Presents the first comprehensive analysis of how participation in maritime trade related to broader changes in the political economy of Philippine island societies. By combining archaeological evidence with historical sources, the author is able to offer a more nuance…
"As early as the first millennium A.D., the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge of a vast network of Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, and Arab traders, who circulated porcelain, silk, glass beads, and other luxury goods throughout the South China Sea and through …
As early as the first millennium A.D., the Philippine archipelago formed the easternmost edge of a vast network of Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, and Arab traders. Items procured through maritime trade became key symbols of social prestige and political power for the Philippi…