Women of value, men of renown
Subtitle: new perspectives in Trobriand exchange
By: Annette B. Weiner.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands; Women -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
Notes: Bibliography: p. [261]-273.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The theoretical framework -- A return to the beginning -- The rituals of death -- Women’s mortuary ceremonies -- To be young and beautiful -- Fathers, sons, and land -- Marriage : from beauty to objects -- Yams and women’s wealth -- The nature of Trobriand exchange -- Women of value, men of renown : an epilog -- Appendix 1 : Body decorations for Guyau and Tokai Dala -- Appendix 2 : The manufacture of bundles -- Appendix 3 : The manufacture of skirts -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography.