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The Death of the Big Men and the Rise of the Big Shots: Custom and Conflict in East New Britain
Keir Martin
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Paperback. In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 illustrations and figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; GTF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Such new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the Pacific, and more widely. Through detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous ... Read more
In 1994, the Pacific island village of Matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption. This study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratification. Such new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the Pacific, and more widely. Through detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
373 g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330322
SKU
V9781785330322
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About Keir Martin
Keir Martin is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and is the author of a number of academic and media publications on Papua New Guinea and the global economy. He was formerly a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester and is a recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute's Sutasoma Award for work likely ... Read more
Reviews for The Death of the Big Men and the Rise of the Big Shots: Custom and Conflict in East New Britain
...one of its great strengths is Martin's skill in bringing different voices to life on the page as people (mainly men) stake or rebuff claims for respect or support.
Oceania Readers of this anthropological study will most likely be familiar with discussions in the anthropology of Melanesia around individualism and other effects of the encroachment of global ... Read more
Oceania Readers of this anthropological study will most likely be familiar with discussions in the anthropology of Melanesia around individualism and other effects of the encroachment of global ... Read more