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The demystification of YapBook 1976 • Labby, David
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
This is s sophisticated analysis of Yapese social structure and culture. Labby presents an emic perspective and logic, one that conforms with a materialist perspective, because according to Labby land is key. He shows how religious and social rituals...