{"product_id":"the-fame-of-gawa-a-symbolic-study-of-value-transformation-in-a-massim-society-paperback","title":"The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNancy D. Munn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Fame of Gawa\u003c\/i\u003e-originally published in 1986-makes available for the first time this important work in paperback. \u003ci\u003eThe Fame of Gawa\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Integrating various aspects of the study of society and culture--including the sociocultural construction of space and time, self-other relations and the body, and moral and political problems of hierarchy and equality-Nancy D. Munn shows that it is through achieving fame in the wider inter-island world that the Gawan community asserts its own internal viablity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Fame Of Gawa' is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy D. Munn is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.94 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130379112583,"sku":"9780822312703","price":46.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/98f87fd76e9ff3fef865e6455c7a208d.webp?v=1732610305","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-fame-of-gawa-a-symbolic-study-of-value-transformation-in-a-massim-society-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}