| Description |
xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in anthropology / Academic Press ; 7 |
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Studies in anthropology (Orlando, Fla.) ; 7
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| Contents |
The central and the contingent : bridewealth among the Melpa and the Wiru / A.J. Strathern -- The economics of Mursi bridewealth : a comparative perspective / D. Turton -- Marriage, exchange and the meaning of corporations in eastern Indonesia / R.H. Barnes -- Aspects of Bedouin bridewealth among camel herders in Cyrenaica / E.L. Peters -- Bridewealth and the control of ambiguity in a Tswana chiefdom / J.L. Comaroff -- Kind bridewealth and hard cash : eventing a structure / D. Parkin -- Dowry and wedding celebrations in Yugoslav Macedonia / D.B. Rheubottom |
| Analysis |
Marriage customs Bridewealth & dowry Conference proceedings |
| Notes |
Based on a symposium held at the University of Manchester in the winter of 1976-7 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Bride price -- Congresses.
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Dowry -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Comaroff, John L., 1945-
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| LC no. |
79042827 |
| ISBN |
0121834506 |
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