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Trobriand kinship from another view: the reproductive power of women and men
Man • 14 • Published In 1979 • Pages: 328-348
By: Weiner, Annette B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper focuses on the brother-sister sibling set as the primary unit of analysis. Weiner, who views reproduction as a model for the organization of a society, analyzes both men and women's roles as reproductive agents. She then examines the processes of reproduction '…as they relate to the reproduction of DALA, the reproduction of human beings, and the regeneration of social relations' (p. 328). With this model of reproduction in place Weiner analyzes Trobriand kinship terminology and the problem of the meaning of the kinship term TABU. Much of the material in this document is a critical evaluation of the earlier works of Malinowski, Leach, Lounsbury, and others.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Accumulation of wealth
- Gender status
- Regulation of marriage
- Family relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Lineages
- 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
- article
- 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.
- 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
- 1971, 1972, 1976 [p. 346]
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1971-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Annette B. Weiner
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders