{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-the-anthropology-of-melanesia-culture-and-tradition-paperback-9780521588362","title":"An Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia; Culture and Tradition (Paperback) 9780521588362","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCulture and Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn introductory text to the peoples and cultures of Melanesia for undergraduate studies in general anthropology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Sillitoe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521588362, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 October 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 60 b\/w illus.  15 maps  6 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Sillitoe's sparkling book offers an unprecedented introduction to the anthropology of Melanesia....It will effectively bring Melanesia into its deserved position as one of the main loci of anthropological thought and analysis.\"   Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Introduction to the Anthropology of Melanesia is intended for undergraduate anthropology students with some grounding in the issues and ideas that inform the discipline, and for courses in Pacific Studies. Each chapter focuses on a topic common to many cultures in the region, such as the role of so-called Big Men, ancestors, male initiation, and exchange, and these ideas are fleshed out with apt ethnographic examples. Melanesia is a fascinating culture area, and  has always been a popular fieldwork site for anthropologists, including W. H. R. Rivers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson. Some of the most important theoretical contributions to the subject were also first formulated with reference to Melanesian studies, and students today still learn much of their basic anthropology from Melanesian examples.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction to Melanesia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Food gathering, fishing, and hunting in the Fly estuary\u003cbr\u003e 3. Swidden cultivation in the Bismarck Range\u003cbr\u003e 4. Socialisation in the Admiralty Islands\u003cbr\u003e 5. Exchange cycles in the Massim Archipelago\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sociopolitical exchange in the Southern Highlands\u003cbr\u003e 7. Big men on Bougainville Island\u003cbr\u003e 8. Technology in the highlands fringe\u003cbr\u003e 9. Gender relations in the Western Highlands\u003cbr\u003e 10. Dispute settlement around the Paniai lakes\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sorcery on Dobu Island\u003cbr\u003e 12. Warfare and cannibalism in the Balim region\u003cbr\u003e 13. Initiation rites on the Sepik river\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ancestors and illness in the shadow of the Owen Stanley Range\u003cbr\u003e 15. Myth in the Star mountains.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001140433176,"sku":"9780521588362","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521588362i_6a18fa5e-b954-4828-80e8-2f5a0933ed4d.jpg?v=1691370115","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-introduction-to-the-anthropology-of-melanesia-culture-and-tradition-paperback-9780521588362","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}