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Blood is Their Argument: Warfare Among the Mae Enga Tribesmen of the New Guinea Highlands by Mervyn J. Meggitt
$22.50 NZD
Category: Pacific Islands
Secondhand. The scarcity of arable land in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea has created fierce competition among the Mae Enga for territorial control. Blood Is Their Argument studies the Mae Enga and their continuous struggle to survive and sustain both power and prestige.
Pigs, Pearlshells, and Women;: Marriage in the New Guinea highlands by Robert M. Glasse, Mervyn J. Meggitt
$15.00 NZD
Category: Pacific Islands | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. The articles written for this book show how the religious ideas and ritual actions of the people express their pervasive materialism and rationalize their often tense relations between men and women. The authors show also how the exchange of women in highland societies reflects the politica ...Show more
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