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Money walks, people talk: systematic and transactional dimensions of Palauan exchange
L'Homme • 162 • Published In 2002 • Pages: 49-79
By: Parmentier, Richard J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the social functions of Balauan traditional money and exchange systems. It argues that the traditional bead money of Balau is better understood from a semiotic perspective in terms of the systemic calculation of value and of the strategies of social transactions. Money's cultural associations can be established by combining historical, narrative, and ethnographic data. Discourse about money, largely by high-ranking titleholders, tends to naturalize the logic of value and to perpetuate the social hierarchy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Exchange transactions
- Medium of exchange
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Visiting and hospitality
- Buying and selling
- Gift giving
- Family relationships
- Inter-community relations
- Kin relationships
- Mode of marriage
- Sanctions
- Crime
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Belau
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-2002
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Republic of Belau
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard J. Parmentier
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-79)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64030096
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palauans