Book
Persistence of the gift: Tongan tradition in transnational context
Wilfrid Laurier University Press • Toronto, Ontario • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Evans, Mike.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book, Evans argues for the continued presence of a gift economy in spite of Tonga's incorporation into the world capitalist system. According to Evans the traditional forms of labor and food exchange continue to operate at the village level, at least on the island where he did his fieldwork. The flow of wealth and food still moves along kinship networks, albeit now transnational in scope. Cash has entered the economy, however, it is treated in many instances as another form of gift. Social relationships still matter, although limited to more immediate familial and village relationships.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mats and basketry
- Real property
- Exchange and transfers
- Status, role, and prestige
- Visiting and hospitality
- Household
- Kin relationships
- Kindreds and ramages
- Territorial hierarchy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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
- Ian Skoggard; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1991-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1991-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ha'ano Island, Ha'apai region, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mike Evans
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- c20019304714
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans