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Trobriand territorial categories and the problem of who is not in the kula
Kula : new perspectives on Massim exchange • Cambridge, U.k. • Published In 1983 • Pages: 121-146
By: Leach, Jerry W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Previous publications on the Trobriands have treated territorial classification systems as if they were all on the same order. In this paper, Leach proposes to break this unified classification down into five separate systems that he refers to as 'supra-local territorial categories'. These systems relate to territorial classification by topographical separation, coastal-island orientation, economic condition, warfare, and rank and Kula participation. Leach also examines why many Kiriwinan men are not active in Kula.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Maps
- Place names
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- Gift giving
- Production and supply
- Status, role, and prestige
- Territorial hierarchy
- Warfare
- Sorcery
- Magic
- 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
- 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 will be found in 36: Leach, Information Sources Listed in Other Works (113)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82004142
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders