Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures, and maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Mendi coming into view
- 2 Sem relations: solidarity and its limits
- 3 Twem: personal exchange partnerships
- 4 Gender ideology and the politics of exchange
- 5 Twem and sem in context
- 6 Sai le at Senkere: the politics of a Pig Festival
- 7 “Development” in Mendi
- Appendix A The research community
- Appendix B The “accounts sample” and some comments on research methodology
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables, figures, and maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Mendi coming into view
- 2 Sem relations: solidarity and its limits
- 3 Twem: personal exchange partnerships
- 4 Gender ideology and the politics of exchange
- 5 Twem and sem in context
- 6 Sai le at Senkere: the politics of a Pig Festival
- 7 “Development” in Mendi
- Appendix A The research community
- Appendix B The “accounts sample” and some comments on research methodology
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- What Gifts EngenderSocial Relations and Politics in Mendi, Highland Papua New Guinea, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986