Structure and Process in a Melanesian Society

Ponam's Progress in the Twentieth Century

A.H. Carrier, J.G. Carrier (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99657-1 (ISBN)

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First Published in 1991. In the 1980s many anthropologists rejected the classic concern with the structure and logic of social organisation and embraced instead a concern with process, with the fluidity of events and individual strategy. Through its analysis of a Melanesian society and the ways it has changed in the twentieth century this book addresses the relationship between the classic structural approach and the more recent processual one. The society analysed is Ponam, located on a small island in Papua New Guinea. The book describes Ponam kinship and ceremonial exchange, and so compliments the authors’' analysis of Onam economic organisation in 'Wage, Tarde and Exchange in Melanesia'. Like its companion volume, this book locates Ponanm in its broader social, political and economic environment.

Achsah and James Carrier studies Ponam society over a period of eight tears. After thirteen months of fieldwork they moved to Port Moresby and taught for seven years at the University of Papua New Guinea, frequently returning to Ponam. Since 1987 they have lived in Charlottesville in the US.

List Of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Approaching Ponam Society; Aproaching Kinship And Exchange; The Approach Of This Book; One The Organisation Of Ponam Kinship; Ponams; Relatives: Kinship From The Ego Focus; Ponamas Kin Groups: Kinship From The Ancestor Focus; Kinship And The Role Of Women In Exchange; Two Colonial History And Changes In Kamals; Early Colonial Ponam; Kamals And Lapans; Early Colonial History; The Post-War Years: Reorientation And Dependence; Kamals,Lapans And Exchanges After The War; Conclusion; Three Marriage And Ceremonial Exchange; Courtship And Marriage Choices; The Organisation Of Exchange; Contributory Gifts And Relations Between Affines And Cross-Cousins; Inequality Between Line-Of-The-Woman And Line-Of-The-Man; Logical Systems; Four Changes In Marriage And Ceremonial Exchange; Marriage Strategies; Ceremonial Exchange In The 1920S; Change And Innovation; Changing Patterns And Changing Logics; Five The Representation Of Kamals In Exchange; Visual Representation Of Social Relations; Gift Display In Ceremonial Prestations; Distributions To Moieties And Kamals; Six The Representation Of Kindreds In Exchange; Individual-Focused Displays; Kahuwe Tabac: The Return Prestation For An Engagement; Changes In Displays Over Generations; Display As Social Commentary; Conclusion; Seven The Process Of Exchange; Final Funeral Prestation For Camilius Pari; Accumulating The Contribution For The Ken Si Ndrahol; Organising An Individual'S Contributions; The Sizes Of Contributions To A Brideprice Prestation; Competition And Hierarchy: The Implications Of The System; Conclusion; Conclusion: The Tension Of Structure And Process; Structure And Process On Ponam; Conclusion: Process And Historical Context; Appendices; Social Indicators From The 1980 Census; Definitions Of Kinship Terms; Two Engagement Distributions; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject Index;

Erscheinungsdatum	17.10.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-99657-2 / 1138996572
ISBN-13	978-1-138-99657-1 / 9781138996571
Zustand	Neuware