essay

Redistribution: equity or exploitation

human reproductive behaviour : a darwinian perspective • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] • Published In 1988 • Pages: 49-63

By: Betzig, Laura L..

Abstract
This article argues that Ifaluk chiefs strategically manipulated their customarily accepted roles as redistributors of collectively pooled resources to promote their own personal self-interests in the form of control over more food and producing more children (descendants) than others.
Subjects
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Birth statistics
Gratification and control of hunger
Gift giving
Status, role, and prestige
Etiquette
Secondary marriages
Household
Community heads
Exploitation
Conception
Childbirth
Child care
culture
Woleai Region
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Micronesia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi A. Adem ; 2005
Field Date
1983, 1986
Coverage Date
1797-1986
Coverage Place
Ifaluk, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
Notes
Laura Betzig
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63)
LCCN
87006629
LCSH
Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)/Caroline Islands--Social life and customs/Micronesians--Social life and customs