| Description |
x, 265 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ASAO monograph ; no. 14 |
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ASAO monograph ; no. 14
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| Contents |
Marriage in transition in Oceania / Richard A. Marksbury -- Marriage exchange on Ponam Island, from 1920 to 1985 / Achsah Carrier -- Money and marriage in Telefolmin : from sister exchange to daughter as trade store / Dan Jorgensen -- Bachelors, spinsters, and pamuk meris / Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi -- Manga marriage in transition, from 1961 to 1981 / Susan M. Pflanz-Cook -- Tying the knot in Pohnpei / Suzanne Falgout -- Courtship and marriage on Yap : Budweiser, U-drives, and rock guitars / Sherwood G. Lingenfelter -- Love and marriage among the educated elite in Port Moresby / Pamela Rosi and Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi -- Indo-Fijian marriage in Suva : a little love, a little romance, and a visa / Shireen Lateef -- International movement and Samoan marriage in Hawaii / Robert W. Franco -- New marriages in the new Pacific / Martha C. Ward |
| Analysis |
Marriage |
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Oceania |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
ASAO monograph no:14 |
| Subject |
Marriage customs and rites -- Oceania.
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Marriage -- Economic aspects -- Oceania.
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Marriage -- Social aspects -- Oceania.
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Women -- Economic aspects -- Oceania.
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Women -- Oceania -- Social conditions.
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Oceania -- Social life and customs.
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| Author |
Marksbury, Richard A., 1951-
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Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.
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| LC no. |
93001008 |
| ISBN |
082293762X |
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0822955113 |
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