Author: MERLAN, Francesca & RUMSEY, Alan.
Title: Ku Waru: Language and Segmentary Politics on the Western Nebilyer Valley, Papua New Guinea.
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Top corner of front endpaper clipped, spine of dustjacket sunned, a little rubbing to bottom edges, otherwise very good condition. Part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, No. 10. The highlanders of New Guinea are renowned for their elaborate systems of ceremonial exchange. Although much has been written about them, previous accounts have concentrated far less on the conduct of exchange events than on the structure of exchange systems. This book deals centrally with the conduct of particular exchange events, and shows how larger social structures are reproduced and transformed. 387pp. ISBN 0521323398.

Keywords: social sociology anthropology papua new guinea language linguistics guinean culture cultural foundations