Women of value, men of renown : new perspectives in Trobriand exchange

Author(s)

• Weiner, Annette B.

Bibliographic Information

Women of value, men of renown : new perspectives in Trobriand exchange

Annette B. Weiner

（Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology, no. 11）

University of Texas Press, c1976

• pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. [261]-273

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This study of women, men, and exchanges of wealth in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, makes an interesting comparison with the work of pioneer ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted his seminal research there between 1915 and 1918. While Malinowski and others have focused on men, dismissing "women's work" as unimportant, Weiner shows that women play a vital role in Trobriand society.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA04857542
• ISBN:
  • 029279004X
  • 0292790198
• LCCN: 76014847
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Austin, Tex.
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 299 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN671.N5
  • DC : 392/.09953
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
  • LCSH : Women -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01451155