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Big men and great men : personifications of power in Melanesia. ed. by Maurice Godelier and Marilyn Strathern

Godelier, Maurice (1934-...) Strathern, Marilyn (1941-...) 1991

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Title:
Big men and great men : personifications of power in Melanesia. ed. by Maurice Godelier and Marilyn Strathern
Author: Godelier, Maurice (1934-...);
Strathern, Marilyn (1941-...)
Subjects: Power (Social sciences) -- Melanesia;
Political anthropology -- Melanesia;
Political leadership -- Melanesia;
Big man (Melanesia);
Pouvoir (sciences sociales);
Anthropologie politique -- Mélanésie;
Leadership politique -- Mélanésie
Description: Bibliogr. p. 305-320. Index
From great men to big men : peace, substitution and competition in the Highlands of New Guinea / Pierre Lemonnier Great man, big man, chief : a triangulation of the Massim / John Liep Soaring hawks and grounded persons : the politics of rank and gender in north Vanuatu / Margaret Jolly Punishing the yams : leadership and gender ambivalence on Sabarl Island / Debbora Battaglia Great men and total systems : North Mekeo hereditary authority and social reproduction / Mark Mosko --The cryptic brotherhood of big men and great men in Ilahita / Donald Tuzin Complementarity and rivalry : two contradictory principles in Yafar society / Bernard Juillerat How Oro Province societies fit Godelier's model / Eric Schwimmer The fractal person / Roy Wagner
Publisher: Cambridge New York Melbourne Paris : Cambridge University press Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1991
Creation Date: 1991
Format: 1 vol. (XVIII-328 p.) : ill., jaquette ; 23 cm
Language: English

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