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Muyuw kinship and the metamorphosis of gender labour
Man • 18 (2) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 305-326
By: Damon, Frederick H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis of some of the major forms internal to Muyuw kinship terminology. Two of the forms examined are the concepts of "exchange" and "circulation" as they relate to kinship terminology and kinship ritual in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Gift giving
- Exchange transactions
- Comparative evidence
- Marriage
- Kinship
- Accumulation of wealth
- Kinship regulation of sex
- Mythology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Northeastern Massim
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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.
- 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
- 1973-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Muyuw Island, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frederick H. Damon
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Massim (Papua New Guinean people)