Overview

Through its analysis of a Melanesian society (Ponam) and the ways it has changed in the 20th century, this book addresses the relationship between the concern with the structure and logic of social organization, and process, with the fluidity of events and individual strategy. Ponam is located on a small island in Papua New Guinea. The book describes Ponam kinship and ceremonial exchange thus complementing the author's analysis of Ponam economic organization in ""Wage, Trade, and Exchange in Melanesia"". Both works locate Ponam in its broader social, political and economic environment.

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... the book [is] valuable not only for what it has to say about a contemporary Papua New Guinea community...but more particularly for its wide-ranging critique of other anthropological accounts of Melanesian societies. <br>-Australian Journal of International Affairs <br>

... the book [is] valuable not only for what it has to say about a contemporary Papua New Guinea community...but more particularly for its wide-ranging critique of other anthropological accounts of Melanesian societies. -Australian Journal of International Affairs

... the book [is] valuable not only for what it has to say about a contemporary Papua New Guinea community...but more particularly for its wide-ranging critique of other anthropological accounts of Melanesian societies. -Australian Journal of International Affairs

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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.

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