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Introduction
Kula : new perspectives on Massim exchange • Cambridge, U.k. • Published In 1983 • Pages: 1-26, 539-548
By: Leach, Jerry W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Leach updates Malinowski's material on the Kula as presented in his 'Argonauts of the Western Pacific' (see 1: Malinowksi). Leach does this first by reporting on the changes that have taken place in this institution since Malinowski's original observations, then by filling in the gaps in the data, and finally '…by reconsidering in light of this new evidence, just how far the theoretical issues posed by the system have been satisfactorily answered by past investigators or can be answered now' (p. 1). The article is divided into two parts, the first of which (Received Model of the Kula) provides a schematization of the fundamental structure and logic inherent in the Kula exchange, while the second part (Basic Interpretive Themes) is a distillation of the key ideas employed by theorists as an explanation of the total functioning of the system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ornament
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Exchange and transfers
- Gift giving
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Trobriands
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Jerry W. Leach
- Bibliography: p. 539-548
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82004142
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders