In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship,
Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of …

In much of Melanesia, the process of social reproduction unfolds as a lengthy sequence of
mortuary rites-feast making and gift giving through which the living publicly define their …

" Asante Catholicism" focuses on the interaction between post-conciliar Roman Catholicism
and Asante religion of Ghana, with its implications for self-definition and cultural renewal. It …

Esta tese é uma etnografia de uma rede de parentes de ciganos Calon que se espalha por
todo o estado de São Paulo. O intuito é compreender como vivem esses Calon, e, mais …

La construcción de un tema de investigación deriva de múltiples factores y exigencias,
determinados principalmente por intereses y necesidades que cada momento histórico …

This paper submits that practical concerns have overtaken the theoretical in contemporary
anthropology, especially in India. A perilous consequence of this trend is that instead of …

At the time he wrote, early accounts were to hand from the Mae Enga, Gahuku, Kuma, Siane,
Chimbu, Mendi and Huli societies, and work was shortly to appear on the Bena Bena; in …

Laura Nader's challenge (1974) to anthropologists to" study up"-to study the centers of
power-has become even more relevant as anthropologists increasingly conduct research in …

Collections which owe their origins to the colonial period in Southern Africa present unique
curatorial challenges to the museum staff in whose museums' they are stored today. The …

Ollessani kenttätöissä Papua-Uuden-Guinean saaristossa sijaitsevan Uuden-Britannian
saarella Itä-Pomion alueella oli yksi alueen nuorista miehistä valmistumassa papiksi …