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Feasting for oil palmarticle 1982 • Newton, Janice
Orokaiva • Oceania > Melanesia
In the late twentieth century the Northern Province in Papua New Guinea became the focal point of a multi-million dollar program to produce unrefined cooking oil from palm oil trees. This paper describes the structural and subjective features of the ...Orokaiva production and changeBook 1985 • Newton, Janice
Orokaiva • Oceania > Melanesia
The data for this study were collected during two main periods of fieldwork among the Orokaiva people in Koropata 2 village, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea from October 1977 to May 1978, from May to August 1979, and during a shorter visit in Aug...Orokaiva warfare and productionarticle 1983 • Newton, Janice
Orokaiva • Oceania > Melanesia
This article examines warfare '…in terms of the short and long term organisation of production of the precontact Orokaiva and considers elements of the current division of labour which are more readily understood in terms of the past. Work carried ou...Women and modern marriage among the Orokaivansarticle 1989 • Newton, Janice
Orokaiva • Oceania > Melanesia
In this paper Newton argues that urbanization, migration and mobility have decreased the autonomy of married women and increased the vulnerability of particular categories of marriage. The first part of the paper describes the mechanisms contributing...