The death of the Big Men and the rise of the Big Shots : custom and conflict in East New Britain

The death of the Big Men and the rise of the Big Shots : custom and conflict in East New Britain / Keir Martin.

"In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Such new dynamics of stratification are cent...

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Main Author: Martin, Keir (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Series:ASAO studies in Pacific anthropology ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island.
Big man (Melanesia) > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island.
Reciprocity (Commerce) > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island.
Social conflict > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island.
Natural disasters > Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Big man (Melanesia)
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Natural disasters
Reciprocity (Commerce)
Social conflict
Sozialer Konflikt
Soziale Situation
Ethnologie
Eruption
Häuptling
New Britain Island (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Papua New Guinea > New Britain Island
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