Index
A
Affinal exchange. See Ceremonial exchange
Articulation:
anthropological approach to, 14 n. 2, 15 -19
Chambri, 27 -28
effects of, 229
effects of, on village life, 18 -20, 233 -234, 237 -238
and flow of wealth, 229 -231
and intergenerational relations, 233 -235
in Papua New Guinea ethnography, 7 -8, 13 -15, 17 -20
theory, 9 -13, 228 -229, 231 n. 1, 231 -232
and tradition, 201 -202, 235 -236. See also Tradition
B
Brideprice. See Ceremonial exchange
Bundralis market. See Markets, local
C
Ceremonial exchange, 203 -206
and inequality, 72 -73, 91 -92, 203 -204, 210 , 219
and inequality, early colonial, 72 , 74
lesser exchanges, 221 -224
and Manus economy, early colonial, 69 -70, 72
participation in, 209 -210, 213
participation in, by migrants, 215 -217, 223
redistribution in, 219 -220
and remittance, 213 -215
and social identity, 204
and social obligation, 204 -205
structure of, 206 -210, 215 -220
value of, 211 -213
Chambri Lakes villagers. See Gewertz, Deborah
Clans. See Kamal
Cognatic stocks, 40 -41. See also Ceremonial exchange, structure of
Colonization:
impact of, in ethnography, 5 n. 1, 5 -7, 237
of Manus and Ponam, 74 -77, 78 n. 3, 152
Commercial fishing:
and gift relations, 122 -123
social organization of, 118 -121
Commodity relations among Ponams, 140 , 142 , 148
Commodity transactions, 146 , 159 -161
D
Dependence:
on towns, in Papua New Guinea villages, 26 -27
on towns, on Ponam, 22 , 27 , 87 -88, 193 -196, 224 -225
E
Education:
and inequality, 94 -95
and intergenerational relations, 172
provision, 173 -174
and status, 169 -172
Education and migration, 85 , 174 -175, 178 , 180
attitudes toward, 177 -178, 181 , 186 -187
history, 175 -177
influence of parents and family factors, 180 -183, 186 -188
investment orientation, 184 -188
recent changes in, 196 -198
F
Fish freezer, 46 -47, 119 -122
Fishing:
ecological zones, 104 -106
practices, 98 -100
species ownership, 107 -108
waters ownership, 103 -107. See also Net fishing
Fishing techniques, 97 -98, 102 n. 2
history, 110 -113
individual, 109 -111
ownership, 108 -113
ownership, and kinship organization, 113 -114, 116 -119
proliferation of, 96 -97, 131 -132. See also Commercial fishing;
Net fishing
Free trade, 160 -161
G
Gender division of labor, 55 -57
and fishing, 110 -111
history, 78 -79. See also Women
Gender relations, 57 , 59 , 93 -94
changes in, 89 -90
and education, and migration
and markets, 144 . See also Women
Gende villagers. See Articulation, Gende
Gewertz, Deborah, 12 , 27 -28, 157 -158
Gifts and commodities, 15 , 130 , 146 , 149 -150, 156 -163
Gregory, C. A., 15 n. 3 , 15 -18, 130 , 156 , 224 , 232 -233
H
Hagen migrants. See Strathern, Marilyn
Hire has. See Fishing techniques
I
Inequality, 24 , 71 -74, 88 -90, 92 n. 6, 92 -95
and ceremonial exchange, 72 -74, 91 -92, 203 -204, 210 , 219
Intergenerational relations, 43 -44, 82 , 90 -91
and articulation, 233 -235
and education, 172
K
and property, 39 -41
and sahai , 39
Kawas. See Trade partnerships
Ken si. See Cognatic stocks
Komine, Isokide, 75 -76
L
Labor migration. See Education and migration
Migration
Land tenure, 48 -50
Lapan exchange, 68 -69, 77 , 159 -160
Lo has. See Fishing techniques, ownership
M
Mainland-island relations, 83 , 157
Manus: geography, 30 , 33 -34, 66
historical sources, 62 -65
languages, 34
population, 30
provincial government, 37 , 86 -87, 92 -93
Manus economy:
disintegration, 77 -80
early colonial, 66 -68, 70 -71
early colonial, and inequality, 72 -74
early colonial, and lapan , 71 -72
effects of World War II, 81 , 83
and New Way movement, 83 -84
post-World War II collapse, 85 , 138
and provincial government, 86 -87
and remittance, 87
Marine tenure. See Fishing, waters ownership
Markets:
local, 146 -148
local, early colonial, 68
local, expenditure in, 148 -149
local, history, 83 , 88 , 151 -153
local, post-World War II, 83
provincial, 142 -145
early colonial, 70 -71
Mataungan Association. See Ponam, Mataungan Association
Matriclans, 43
Mbrolofau. See Ceremonial exchange, lesser exchanges
Mead, Margaret, 12 , 34 , 36 , 59 n. 3, 64 -65, 72 -73, 92 n. 6, 158 -159
Meillassoux, Claude, 9 , 10 , 90 -91, 228 -232, 231 n. 1, 234
Migrants:
attributes of, 166 -167, 172 -173
dependence on Ponam, 192 -193, 224 -227
dependence on Ponam, recent changes in, 198 -200
motives, 169
Ponam, general, 21
social identity, 225 n. 2
villagers' perception of 168 -170. See also Ceremonial exchange, participation in;
Ceremonial exchange, and remittance;
Remittance, motivation for
and ceremonial exchange, 89 -90
history, 85 -86
and inequality, 88 -90
and intergenerational relations, 176
Ponam, general, 22 . See also Education and migration;
Remittance
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, 37 , 76 -77, 79 -80
Moieties, 41 -42
N
Nai Club, 43 -44
Net fishing:
contributions to, 123 -125, 128
distribution of catch, 100 -101, 125 -129
ownership of, efficiency, 126 -128
ownership of, and generosity, 129 -131, 157
ownership of, and social identity, 113 -114, 124 -125, 132
ownership of, and social obligation, 132 -133
participation in, 123 -125, 128 . See also Fishing
New Way movement, 43 -44, 83 -84, 89 -90
Njames. See Ceremonial exchange, lesser exchanges
P
Parkinson, Richard, 34 , 36 , 63 -65, 74 -75
Pere villagers. See Mead, Margaret
Ponam:
church, 47
Community School, 48
Mataungan Association, 44 -45
plantation, 42 , 76 -77, 85 , 136 , 138
time reckoning, 32 -33
village government, 32 -33, 36 , 38 , 44 -46, 48
Ponam Island:
R
Remittance:
and ceremonial exchange, 87 -88, 202 -203
motivation for, 188 -189, 190 -193, 198 -200
Ponam reliance on, 23 , 193 -196. See also Education and migration;
Migration
Reproduction. See Social reproduction and material production
S
Sago. See Starch
Sea tenure. See Fishing, waters ownership
Shell money, 69 n. 2, 101 -103
Social reproduction and material production, 224 -227
Strathern, Andrew, 8 , 19 , 92 n. 6
Strathern, Marilyn, 165 -168, 176 n. 3, 176 -178, 181 -182, 190 , 226 n. 3
T
Totemic groups. See Matriclans
Trade:
in Chambri Lakes, 157 -158
conflicting perceptions of, 156 -162
precolonial, 8
Trade partnerships, 37 , 153 -156, 161
in early colonial Manus, 70
history, 154
reliance on, 154 -155. See also Trade, conflicting perceptions of
Trade stores, 135 -136
and articulation, 140
history, 84 -85, 136 , 138 , 140
owners of, 139 -140
types of, 138 -139
Tradition, 6 -7, 10 -12, 21 , 92 , 236 -237
and articulation, 201 -202, 235 -236
Tulu market. See Markets, local
U
Urban life, attitudes toward, 188 -189
W
Women, 57
authority as asi , 59
early colonial, 74
education of, 89
and formal exchange, 57 -58, 210
and matriclans, 59 -60
and migration, 93
and property, 40 .
See also Gender division of labor;
Gender relations
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