The Power of Perspective: Social Ontology and Agency on Ambrym Island, Vanuatu

Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the anal...

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Main Author: Rio, Knut Mikjel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2007]
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary:Focusing on different forms of agency in North Ambrym social life, the author demonstrates the potency of outsiders at different times and in different situations in Ambrym society. This model challenges the premises of much Western thinking about reciprocity, and suggests new directions in the analysis of Melanesian societies
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 Seiten)
ISBN:9781800735163
DOI:10.1515/9781800735163

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