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Redistribution: equity or exploitation

Human reproductive behaviour : a Darwinian perspectiveCambridge [cambridgeshire]Published In 1988 • Pages: 49-63

By: Betzig, Laura L..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article argues that Ifaluk chiefs strategically manipulated their customarily accepted roles as redistributors of collectively pooled resources to promote their own personal self-interests in the form of control over more food and producing more children (descendants) than others.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Birth statistics
Gratification and control of hunger
Gift giving
Status, role, and prestige
Etiquette
Secondary marriages
Household
Community heads
Exploitation
Conception
Childbirth
Child care
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Woleai Region
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi A. Adem ; 2005
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1983, 1986
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1797-1986
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ifaluk, Woleai Region, Federated States of Micronesia
NotesAdditional notes
Laura Betzig
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87006629
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ifaluk Atoll (Micronesia)/Caroline Islands--Social life and customs/Micronesians--Social life and customs